DHCP question

[Ben Greisler]

The simplest is to use reserved DHCP where each machine gets their  
address from the DHCP server, but will always get the same address  
based on their MAC address. Then, set up internal DNS with the  
desired hostnames for each node.

Ben Greisler


On Mar 2, 2007, at 1:12 AM, Richard Peskin wrote:

> If I set all of my workstations to get their IP (LAN) addresses  
> from a DHCP server, how can I identify them for the purposes of  
> terminal (ssh) access, shell scripts (e.g. rsync backup), etc. (I'm  
> moving to an ADSL broadband and for some reason, things don't work  
> well unless all the stations on the LAN sharing the NAT are set up  
> to get their addresses from a DHCP server.)
> thanks,