DHCP question

[Jason Deraleau]

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,
> --dick peskin

Use the DHCP Client ID in the Network Preferences of the clients and  
that will appear in the DHCP client list in Server Admin. You could  
also attempt to identify them by examining the status of other  
services (e.g. User bob is connected from IP blah, so that's bob's  
computer). You could also use the MAC address information to refer to  
your location's network documentation.


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