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On Saturday 22 Apr 2017 00:45:31 Mick wrote: |
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> On Saturday 22 Apr 2017 00:08:25 Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > On Friday 21 Apr 2017 13:39:52 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > > I was referring to the situation where you use the DHCP server to give |
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> > > out pseudo-static addresses. I have always used addresses outside of, |
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> > > but |
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> > > in the same subnet as, the reserved range. The reserved range just |
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> > > tells |
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> > > the DHCP server which addresses to use in the absence of any other |
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> > > specifications. |
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> > Eh? How do you do that? You tell the router what range of addresses it |
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> > can use, then you tell it to use one outside that range? Can't be done |
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> > - if I've understood you. |
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> I understood Neil to mean: |
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> You pre-allocate IP addresses to specific MAC addresses for a range of |
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> e.g. 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.10. Any new comers with MAC addresses not |
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> in the DHCP address allocation table will then obtain IP addresses |
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> outside this defined range. Some routers also allow you to specify the |
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> range within which DHCP addresses will be allocated. So you can set |
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> static address allocation outside said range. |
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Ah. Then he's describing a setup much like my own. I just didn't read it |
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right the first time. |
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Regards |
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Peter |
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