Re: iMac/Dlink/DHCP

On Thu, November 17, 2011 3:39 pm, Dean Hamstead wrote:
> I have observed D-link routers ignoring non-leased addresses.
> It can be misleading if you get a lease, turn off that machine without
> releasing the lease, then statically set to that ip. I have found that =
the
> ip will have access until it expires.

I set XP to 10.1.1.25, rebooted, plugged in, worked OK to access 302

> Correct, click "Advanced..." then you will see a field with the label
> "DHCP Client ID:"
> On windows this defaults to the pc's name. Its just text, but may be
> required. Some devices will put their device name or vendor name in it =
(ip
> routers and dsl modems tend to)

so do I just put any arbitrary string ?



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