On 6/26/06, Herbert Graf wrote: > Most "better" DHCP servers allow a sort of "static" DHCP where you > statically set the IP of each client at the DHCP server. The DHCP > server, on recieving a DHCP request, checks the requests MAC, cross > references it to it's internal list, and hands out the static IP. > > The benefit is that while everything is static, everything can be > changed at only one spot, the DHCP server. The downside to this is that ideally you'd want to support moving to different networks. Or at least, I would want to support that. My thought is that being able to roam from a DHCP network (your server) to a DHCP network (someone else's server) to a static IP network should all be possible. I recognize that you might have to run a PC based program to get the nodes flipped to the new config, but the innate capability would still be there. I suppose this is a hard concept without a concrete example, but while I do have something in mind, I can't quite explain it all. Anyone who wishes to drop in at my house (in Toronto) is welcome to come see an example of a system that sort of works. :) Josh -- A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist