Re: prevent ip conflict in dhcp client

2013-07-11 Thread krad
what is normal though these days? A lot of the fibre vhdsl lines do use dhcp on the wan link in the uk as they are just presented as ethernet, whilst other providers pppoe. On 11 July 2013 13:47, Frank Leonhardt wrote: > This all sounds like a very strange thing to be doing! But I hate it when

Re: prevent ip conflict in dhcp client

2013-07-11 Thread Frank Leonhardt
This all sounds like a very strange thing to be doing! But I hate it when people answer my questions with "Why would you want to do that", so I won't. Binding an IPv4 address using a MAC address, which is the answer to a lot of DHCP problems. But your explanation "my client acts like a router

Re: prevent ip conflict in dhcp client

2013-07-11 Thread Eugene
ssage- From: s m Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 3:18 PM To: Eugene Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: prevent ip conflict in dhcp client thanks Eugene, you're right but i forgot to say that my client acts like a router. i mean none of interfaces should have ip address in same range (this is co

Re: prevent ip conflict in dhcp client

2013-07-11 Thread krad
ops %s/rand/range/ On 11 July 2013 12:42, krad wrote: > alter the pool rand on the network to use say, x.x.x.1-199 on a /24, and > then allocate your statics >200 but <= 254 or add something similar to your > isc-dhcp config > > host host.intranet { > hardware ethernet c8:60:33:1d:f3:57; >

Re: prevent ip conflict in dhcp client

2013-07-11 Thread krad
alter the pool rand on the network to use say, x.x.x.1-199 on a /24, and then allocate your statics >200 but <= 254 or add something similar to your isc-dhcp config host host.intranet { hardware ethernet c8:60:33:1d:f3:57; fixed-address 192.168.210.81; option host-name "host.intranet"; } A

Re: prevent ip conflict in dhcp client

2013-07-11 Thread s m
thanks Eugene, you're right but i forgot to say that my client acts like a router. i mean none of interfaces should have ip address in same range (this is conflict for me). i can manage each interface to get ip address from DHCP or manually. so one interface may get ip address from dhcp server wher

Re: prevent ip conflict in dhcp client

2013-07-11 Thread Eugene
Hi Sam, Actually I think this is wrong approach. Correctly configured networks should be consistent and should not need such 'fixes'. Also you should observe the IP provided by upstream DHCP server otherwise it is an invitation for trouble (both technical and possibly legal). Are the 'other' i