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"Tim Cwik" <tcwik@stnhbr.com> wrote on 12/17/2003 at 09:19:45 AM:
> Normally, the IP address obatiained through DHCP is associated with the
> MAC address of the network card in the machine so changing hard drives
> (and therefore running different operatings systems or copies of OSes)
> will not result in different IP addresses. I think this is the answer to
> what you are asking. There are ways to work around this. SOme operating
> systems and some network cards allow you to change MAC addresses.
Under Linux:
ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:33:66:99:CC:FF
or whatever your NIC card and desired MAC address may be. It's not clear
what this buys you above and beyond assigning a static IP address. You'll
have to either manage static IPs on the hard drives, or manage MAC
address assignments on the hard drives along with DHCP assignments on the
server. I suppose you could just up the lease period if you want
relatively stable assignments and don't get a lot of transient machines.
> This may
> not be the best solution as MAC addresses are intended to be unique. It
is
> possible to assign a static IP to each of the removable disks and not get
> an address using DHCP.
> On 2003.12.17 09:35, Bill Patterson wrote:
> > This is a question for someone with both a working Linksys hub and
> > removable hard drives. Is there a way to have multiple computers with
> > multiple IPs (e.g. 192.168.1.101, 192.168.1.102, etc.) where the IPs
are
> > stable, i.e. they are the same for each master disk that is brought up,
> > and still have the computers be able to go through DHCP and talk to the
> > Internet? (It's tough just to say that.)
Even if you assign static IPs you won't need to turn off DHCP at the
router,
just to be clear. Make sure any addresses you assign are outside the DHCP
range. For a Linksys router, I believe you'll be safe if you stick to
addresses >=192.168.1.5 and <=192.168.1.99.
pls
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