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Daniel, |
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Thanks for your quick reply. |
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> I couldn't think of a more "complex" solution right now, but |
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> couldn't you simply make your IP static? I've done it at work |
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> because our DNS was failing, simply copied the network |
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> configurations gained with DHCP and made it permanent... |
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Question: how does one *make* a static IP? I thought that IP was |
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assigned by DHCP? Isn't that the way that DHCP works? It leases an IP |
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to a specific computer, which then gives up that lease when it's done |
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using it. At that point, DHCP is free to re-lease that same IP to |
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whomever else requests it, correct? If that's the case, what would |
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prevent another computer from accidentally obtaining that same IP? |
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Otherwise, if this is a viable solution, how do I make it work? I'm |
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comfortable editing config files, but I just don't know where to go |
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to do it. |
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Thanks again, all, for your help. |
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Kris |
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On Wednesday 08 March 2006 20:43, Daniel da Veiga wrote: |
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> On 3/8/06, Kris Kerwin <kkerwin@×××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Hi folks! |
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> > |
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> > I have a quick question. |
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> > |
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> > I'm a college student. I share my printer with my roommate. We |
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> > have separate computers; he uses Windows XP, and I Gentoo. |
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> > Together, we're behind our school's router which dynamically |
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> > assigns us both IP's. |
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> > Currently, in order to share our printer, we simply unplug it |
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> > from one another's computers. However, we would like to be able |
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> > to share it over the network instead to make life easier for the |
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> > both of us. However, there are a few problems that I'm |
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> > foreseeing. |
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> > First off, I have a laptop with only one ethernet port, so |
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> > setting up an ad hoc network between us is out of the question. |
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> > Also, my school has a "one port - one computer" rule that |
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> > prohibits routers. |
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> > Second, since we're both behind a DHCPd server, we both have |
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> > dynamic IPs. There's no easy way to point his computer to the |
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> > right server if it has a dynamic IP. |
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> > |
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> > Third, since we're both behind a router, using something like |
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> > DynDNS to provide a static contact despite the dynamic IP won't |
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> > work either. |
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> > So, I guess what I'm wondering is if there's any way to make this |
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> > work, or if I'm SOL? |
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> > |
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> > Thank you much for your help. |
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> > |
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> > Kris Kerwin |
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> > -- |
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> |
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> I couldn't think of a more "complex" solution right now, but |
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> couldn't you simply make your IP static? I've done it at work |
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> because our DNS was failing, simply copied the network |
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> configurations gained with DHCP and made it permanent... |
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> |
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> Daniel da Veiga |
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