Re: udhcpd question Debian squeeze

Mike Scott <[email protected]> wrote:

>I am setting up a general purpose server at home (DHCP/caching
>DNS/SAMBA) and
>have a question about the BusyBox DHCP daemon (udhcpd) in Debian
>squeeze.
>
>I have a pretty basic setup, but would like to have a couple devices at
>a known IP address.
>I currently have these reserved in the appliance that I am replacing so
>that a specific MAC address always gets the same IP address.
>
>I found info online about an option that can be added to udhcpd.conf:
>
>static_lease 00:de:ad:be:ef:00 1.2.3.4
>
>Which looks like exactly what I need.  The problem is, I don't know if
>it is supported in the version of udhcpd that is supplied with squeeze. 
>None of the docs I have mentions   Does anybody know if it is just an
>undocumented command, or should I just try it and see if it complains?
>
>If need be, I can convert the devices in question to static IP and
>decrease the top end to below them since there are only a few and all
>are at the top of the range.  It would be nice if it worked though.
>
>- Mike Scott
>
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