Yet another option is to use just DHCP but set it to recognize your MAC address and always give you the same IP. This has the advantage of working basically like a static address in that you always get the same IP if you are home but if you take your computer to a coffee shop your not screwed like you would be with a static IP. This is how I do it with my laptop since when I am at home I like to have a staticish IP address for my firewall :) Its also easier to setup than a truly static IP.<div>
<br></div><div>David<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 14:45, Karl Schuttler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:karl.schuttler@gmail.com">karl.schuttler@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Frank,<br><br>You can certainly set your computer to static and still use DHCP throughout the rest of your network.<br><br>On whatever is serving up your dhcp (be it your server, or a wifi router, etc) find part of the /24 (192.168.1.1-225) that is not assigned via DHCP. A lot of routers do DHCP from 192.168.1.100-255, or similar. If DHCP is running across the entire subnet, change the range to have a few IPs it doesn't serve.<br>
<br>Then, simply change your server's IP to any of the non-DHCP addresses (ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0) <br><br>Karl<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 9:59 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:frank.dolinar@comcast.net" target="_blank">frank.dolinar@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)">Based on the information in the Ubuntu server guide, I can see it is possible to set a static IP for a computer. I'd like to set a static IP for my server.<br>
My question is whether doing that still allows DHCP to function for the rest of the computers on my in-house network.<br>I'd guess that it is possible, but I'm not seeing that in what I'm reading.<br><br>As usual, any help will be much appreciated.<br>
<br>Thanks,<br>Frank<br></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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