On Tue, 24 Aug 2010, Phil Savoie wrote:
> I use mac address reservations in the /etc/dhcpd.conf file, like so:
>
> host linsrv {
> hardware ethernet 00:50:fc:57:5c:db;
> option host-name "linsrv";
> fixed-address 192.168.100.254;
> }
The way that I always do it is:
host foobar {
hardware ethernet xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx;
fixed-address hostname.domain.org;
}
and rely on the DNS to supply the fixed IP address. This works for Linux,
Windows XP, Vista and 7, and OS X.
Steve