DHCP reserve IPs

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Edward wrote:

>
>
> Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> >       host hostname
> >       {
> >       fixed-address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
> >       hardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx;
> >       hardware ethernet yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy;
> >       }
> >
> > and I thought it used to work, but now only yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy is assigned
> > the fixed address.  Instead, xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx gets a pool address.
> > Should this work, and if not, is there a way to accomplish what I want?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
> Interesting question.
>
> Have you tried 2 sections instead of 1 section with two mac addresses?
>
> e.g.
>
>         host hostname
>         {
>         fixed-address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
>         hardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx;
>         }
>
>         host hostname
>         {
>         fixed-address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx;
>         hardware ethernet yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy;
>         }
>
> I have no idea whether this will work really, just a thought to try.
>
> Regards,
> Ed.

IIRC, that results in a complaint about duplicate hostnames.  I'm
traveling for a few days, but I'll try again at some point.

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		Matthew Saltzman

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