Re: NetReg: Static IP addresses

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From: Steve Hideg (hideg@saintmarys.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 24 2002 - 12:17:11 CDT

At 12:52 PM -0400 7/24/02, Jonathan Southwick wrote:
>We are using NetReg to handle registering computers on our student
>network and it has been working great for us.
>
>I was wondering if it is possible to assign static addresses using
>NetReg to specific computers. These computers are administrative
>computers that need to be on the residential network. We do not
>want the IP addresses changing on these computers. We also want to
>have administrative network printers on the residential side as
>well. We assign the addresses manually through the printer
>configuration but do not want to take the chance of the dhcp server
>leasing out that IP to a student computer.
>
>An "I think this will work" solution that I am trying is to add:
>
>fixed-address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
>
>to the host entry in the dhcpd.conf.new file. Has anyone else tried
>this? Can anyone say for sure if this will work or not?
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
>
>Jonathan Southwick
>

Yes. That will work. In fact, my modified version of netreg assigns
fixed addresses (and unique host name) to every computer that
registers. Makes it easier to track things down like nefarious
activities and virus infections.

++Steve 

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