dhcpd.conf: fixed-address for a concrete host

knocte escribió:

> Hello. I have noticed that, in order to assign a fixed IP address to a
> concrete host using ISC DHCPD, I should use the following notation:
>
> host name_of_host {
> hardware ethernet 00:e0:18:bb:3e:73; /* NIC MAC address */
> fixed-address 192.168.1.100; /* IP address */
> }
>
> However, I don't want to discriminate the host by the MAC address, I
> want to do it just by the name of the host. But if I delete the
> "hardware ethernet" line, it doesn't work as I want to (I am using WinXP
> clients). I have been googling, and I have also tried some options such
> 'option host-name "name_of_host"', 'ddns-updates on',
> 'use-host-decl-names on', 'allow unknown-clients'. But neither of them
> work. I hope some of you guys could help me.
>
> Regards and thanks in advance.

Thank you very much for all your answers.

However, I have found a method that works (of course, without modifying
MAC addresses or dhcp client parameters...):

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=1077...01&r=1&w=2&n=4

Regards,

knocte