[MLB-WIRELESS] IP allocations within a node???

Brenton D ivile01 at yahoo.com.au
Mon Feb 28 14:44:38 EST 2005


You can bind IP addresss to mac addresss, about every
dhcp server can do that.

Or you can cut your /28 in hald and make it a /29
which will give you 5 usable ip address per subnet.
--- owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
<thogard at knotty.abnormal.com> wrote:
> > I'd suggest not using DHCP for this as if a
connection is lost & then 
> > regained a new (different) ip address may be
allocated - thus causing 
> > problems where servers change addresses (and if
DNS is in place, more 
> > problems there too) - I'd suggest sticking with
static IPs, which is 
> > what Cam and I are planning to do.
> 
> I sort of agree.  DHCP makes the clients easy so it
should be used
> but you don't want to get another address every time
the guy downs
> the road use his nice new $49.95 microwave oven so. 
The AP may
> need to change pools of address from time to time
which means then
> the AP owner has to get in contact with every one
else and arrange
> a good time to do the switch.
> 
> What I would recomened isusing DHCP but put your mac
address in
> so you alwasy get the same address.  Then the AP
owner can change your
> IP address when its needed but you get the same
address.
> 
> -tim
> http://web.abnormal.com
> 
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