Howto configure multiple MAC address with one ip-address (not at the same time) ???

[Andrew Dibbins]

Hello,

I'm trying to configure my dhcpd server to issue my
laptop with the same ipaddress, irrespective of
whether I connect via wired or wireless connection,
hence different MAC addresses (clearly not at the same
time).

Using the the fixed address section in the dhcpd.conf
like this:

host laptop {
   hardware ethernet 00:14:85:2D:E0:2F;
   fixed-address 192.168.1.19;
}

and

host laptop {
   hardware ethernet 00:11:25:D6:EE:91;
   fixed-address 192.168.1.19;
}

When starting the daemon, it barfs, line xx laptop
already exists, I've tried combining the assignments
into just one assignment in the config file, like
this.

host laptop {
     hardware ethernet 00:11:25:D6:EE:91;
     hardware ethernet 00:14:85:2D:E0:2F;
     fixed-address 192.168.1.19;
}

This didn't work.

I appreciate, I could set a fixed address on the
laptop, but I'd be forever updating it as I connected
my laptop to many different networks thru out a week.

Is there a fix, or way round this, I would suspect
this is a perfectly reasonable thing to want to do?

Thanks

Andy
   



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