[NBLUG/talk] [OT?] Static DHCP leases from a LinkSys router?

[matt]

"Static DHCP assignments" are kind of an oxymoron. Either you use the DHCP and 
have the IPs assigned dynamically, or you configure the machine (not the 
router) to use a static IP. If you don't want your IP to change every so 
often (id est, when the lease runs out), configure it to use a static IP 
like .5 or something (as everyone else has mentioned). You should never even 
have to touch the router.

On Friday 21 April 2006 12:44, Dustin Mollo wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 03:43:22PM -0700, Lincoln Peters wrote:
> > Anyone know if I can configure a LinkSys EtherFast Cable/DSL router
> > (model number BEFSR51) to always assign the same IP address to certain
> > computers, e.g. based on their MAC addresses?  I ask because I'd like to
> > set up a few servers (most of them headless) on my LAN, and it would be
> > rather difficult to access them if their IP addresses change every time
> > they start up!
> >
> > This is not a WRT54G router, so I probably can't run Linux on it.
>
> here's my two cents...
>
> i used to have a netgear router that rocked.  it let me assign static
> addresses via dhcp.  then it fried (probably due to a power surge of some
> sort).  i bought a linksys router (non-linux running) to replace it because
> i didn't want to spend 100+ on another netgear.  the POS didn't support
> static dhcp assignments.
>
> i later replaced that with my current wrt54g.  it too, does not do static
> dhcp assigments, but it DOES allow me to put a new distro onto it where i
> have that flexability.  it seems linksys deems static dhcp assigment and
> advanced feature or something like that.  silly people.
>
> -dustin
>
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Matt
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