> You're using the wrong tool for the job, use an address reservation > bound to the client MAC on the DHCP server instead. I don't have an access to the DHCP server side. That's the problem and I'm trying to find a way to have the same IP address at any time. The client is permanently connected to the network.
> configuration changes at the server end. Nobody touches the server end. On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 21:05:21 +0000 Peter Kay <syllops...@syllopsium.co.uk> wrote: > On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 at 20:57, Radek <r...@int.pl> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I can't manage to request a specific IP address from DHCP server. It is > > just a testing lab, the requiested IP address (.104) isn't used by any > > other client. What I'm doing wrong? > You're using the wrong tool for the job, use an address reservation > bound to the client MAC on the DHCP server instead. > > Whether or not requesting an address client side works, at any time it > could fail due to a change in leases allocated to other clients, or > configuration changes at the server end. If a specific IP is needed, > use reservations instead. > > PK > -- Radek
