Mapping a MAC to an IP...

[Simon Hobson]

Peter Laws wrote:

>Hey, speaking of that ... do I need to "break" the range in which a 
>"static IP" resides?   I've been doing this type of thing within a 
>'subnet' container, but wonder if there is a better or more expected 
>way of doing that.  Or do I even have to bother?
>
>
>  range 10.197.0.125 10.197.0.143;
>
>  host gumshoe. { hardware ethernet 00:00:00:xx:xx:xx; fixed-address 
>10.197.0.144; }
>
>  range 10.197.0.145 10.197.0.153;

Yes, you MUST split a range as you have shown. But, you should also 
NOT put your host statements inside a subnet declaration.

Host declarations are global in scope, and so are valid even if a 
client is connected to a different subnet (in which case it will get 
a dynamic address from that subnet rather than the fixed address). 
But what would happen is that the client would get a suitable IP 
address, but inherit options (such as routers) from the subnet where 
the host statement is declared - I think you can imagine the 
confusion that causes !


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