RE: [9fans] dhcpd

["Retzki, Sascha [Xplain]" <sascha.retzki@xplain.de>]

> 
> i read this as explicitly stating that you must have the ethernet
> (mac) address of the machine to be served an ip in ndb.
> although this would mostly defeat the purpose of dhcp, so
> maybe i'm wrong.
> 

Depends - for naming services, this 'the same mac gets the same IP.
Always' thing is way simplier than coupling the dhcp-server with the
naming service 'somehow'. Now, you can name every terminal, every
computer, and still maintain that in one rather central database. I like
that, personally - just my 2 eurocents.

> - erik
> 
> On Wed Jul  5 18:22:50 CDT 2006, steve@quintile.net wrote:
> > A cursory look at the source didn't explain it, and
> > the manual infers this should work:
> >
> > 	 DHCP requests are honored if either:
> >           - there exists an NDB entry containing both the ethernet
> >           address of the requester and an IP address on the
originat-
> >           ing network or subnetwork.
> >           - a free dynamic address exists on the originating network
> >           or subnetwork.