On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Fernando Cassia <fcassia at gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: >> So my practical advice is to get a SOHO router that does >> DHCP if you don't already have one, and if you do have one, configure >> it to give out the IP you want instead of fighting with the Centos >> setup. > > I agree in principle. But my personal experience led me to have static > routing on my home LAN. > > If I enable DHCP I end up not knowing what IP address a 'new device' > just plugged into the network has, at any given time. Every DHCP server should have a way to configure a fixed IP address to be given out to a specified ethernet MAC address. My advice was to learn and use that way. > DHCP gives "initial" convenience, for "long term hassle". (say you > want to telnet-in to your ethernet enabled media player) No, DHCP will do what you tell it to do. The choice is whether you want to learn the quirks of configuring every device/OS that you might use on your network or the quirks of the one DHCP server. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com