RE: [WinMac] More Questions on Mac DHCP
PetersJB@nswccd.navy.mil
Mon, 26 Apr 1999 12:47:23 -0500
David,
Within our organization DHCP was implemented less for sharing a limited
range of IP address and more for "managing" IP addresses and avoiding some
of the configuration problems associated with static IP addresses
(duplicates, misconfigured DNS addresses, etc.). With properly configured
DHCP servers and clients, a good portion of those problems disappear.
Apparently it was within the capabilities of our DHCP server to provide
leases on the basis of the hardware (NIC) address. In this way the IP
address is always translatable to a specific NIC and computer. With this
arrangement, IP address are essentially static although conventional static
addressing is not used. The result is a situation in which IP-to-hostname
translations can be used as before.
As we began the conversion to DHCP I requested that the servers I manage and
depend upon remain under static addressing. This was done, but the
hostname-to-IP Address mapping seems to work fine for the systems I've since
brought up under DHCP.
Hope this helps.
________________________________________________________________________
Brooks Peters (301) 227-1243 (voice)
NSWC - Carderock Division (301) 227-5930 (fax)
Code 5500 (Bldg. 18, Rm. 127) mailto:PetersJB@nswccd.navy.mil
9500 MacArthur Blvd.
West Bethesda, MD 20817-5700
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