Re: DHCP related to MAC address

From: Rodney (rod.steiner@mailcity.com)
Date: 04/25/02

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    From: rod.steiner@mailcity.com (Rodney)
Date: 25 Apr 2002 11:27:27 -0700

    Hi:

    Do you know how I can lengthen the renewal of a DHCP IP lease?

    Tks,
    Rodney

    "Simon Niederberger" <sincore@bluewin.ch> wrote in message news:<3cbaa4d4@news01.datazug.ch>...
    > You can get the MAC by
    > - Using arp -a to see current MAC cache
    > - Check "Unique ID" of current DHCP leases
    > - do ipconfig /all on client
    >
    > If you want to make sure that the client always gets the same IP, create a
    > reservation on the DHCP server (you need MAC and IP, that's it)
    >
    > Simon
    >
    > "tony" <tony@extranc.com> wrote in message
    > news:ubjhtfi53oehf8@corp.supernews.com...
    > > Hi:
    > >
    > > i'm using DHCP to distribute my private ip to workstations.
    > > i would like to track down my client MAC address matched
    > > with ip assisgned to them. (So that they can use the ip obtained
    > > from DHCP and the ip will be always the same)
    > >
    > > Can anyone help out on this one?
    > >
    > > Truly appreciated for the time and comment!
    > >
    > > tony
    > >
    > >

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