Re: How to bind host-name with an IP address

--- In [email protected], "ebrains2003" <ebrains2003@...> wrote:
>
> That won't work.  If the router will assume that address is 
>available and will throw it back into the "pool" and then asign it 
>to another computer / device.

It works fine.  Clearly you've not done it.  See RFC 2131 and handling the DHCPDECLINE message:

4.3.3 DHCPDECLINE message

   If the server receives a DHCPDECLINE message, the client has
   discovered through some other means that the suggested network
   address is already in use.  The server MUST mark the network address
   as not available and SHOULD notify the local system administrator of
   a possible configuration problem.

Maybe the Rabbit software doesn't support it, but DHCP does if it were implemented.

Bill