[22161] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Oberman)
Wed Dec 9 18:59:58 1998
To: jon@zeeff.com
cc: icee@phoenix.lyle.org (Michael P. Lyle), nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 09 Dec 1998 18:03:47 EST."
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Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 15:38:10 -0800
From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
DHCP should ALWAYS assign the same address to a requester. The request
is always made for the same address. If that address is available, it
is assigned. Assuming the address space assigned to DHCP is
reasonable, you address should never change after a brief
disconnection.
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
