I do use static IPs. In my Linux machines. I don't know how to set up static IPs in Windows. bullet, baby and blossom have static IP addresses 192.168.1.2, 192.168.1.3 and 192.168.1.4 respectively, but the DNS information from the ISP changes, so I need a DHCP client to update my /etc/resolv.conf file, and I can't figure out how to do that without resetting the IP address of baby. My entire network communication scheme depends on IP addresses not changing while a PC is booted into Linux.
On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 09:13 -0400, A. Khattri wrote: > On Thu, 12 May 2005, Michael Sullivan wrote: > > > I misdiagnosed the problem. My wife's computer (blossom) is running RH9 > > and she gets faster DNS resolution than baby does. Our ISP assigns all > > addresses (including DNS) via DHCP. Her /etc/resolv.conf file was being > > updated by her dhcp client. I emerged dhcpcd and ran it. The problem > > came from bullet expecting baby to be at 192.168.1.3 It wasn't. dhcpcd > > had reset baby's IP address to one supplied by the router instead of > > baby's static address. Is there a way to set baby to get only DNS > > information from the router via DHCP (the router is set to obtain this > > information automatically from the ISP) and not to reset baby's IP > > address? > > Why not just use static IPs? > > > -- > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
