From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 9 00:16:17 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 076CD106566B for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2008 00:16:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from iaccounts@ibctech.ca) Received: from pearl.ibctech.ca (pearl.ibctech.ca [208.70.104.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 895C88FC12 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2008 00:16:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from iaccounts@ibctech.ca) Received: (qmail 43043 invoked by uid 1002); 9 Apr 2008 00:16:16 -0000 Received: from iaccounts@ibctech.ca by pearl.ibctech.ca by uid 89 with qmail-scanner-1.22 (spamassassin: 2.64. Clear:RC:1(208.70.104.100):. Processed in 0.078554 secs); 09 Apr 2008 00:16:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.30.110?) (steve@ibctech.ca@208.70.104.100) by pearl.ibctech.ca with (DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 9 Apr 2008 00:16:15 -0000 Message-ID: <47FC0A69.7050002@ibctech.ca> Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:14:33 -0400 From: Steve Bertrand User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <47FB3600.214104E2@t-online.de> <47FB63F1.2020207@ibctech.ca> <47FB9E0F.E7035FFF@t-online.de> <47FBB888.5070306@ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: network configuration problem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:16:17 -0000 Warren Block wrote: > On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, Steve Bertrand wrote: >> If you ever need to add any other workstations to the network, you >> will want to ensure that the IP you added to FreeBSD manually does not >> fall within the DHCP scope of the gateway. >> >> For instance, if you plug a Windows PC into the gateway, it will by >> default request an address via DHCP. If the gateway provides the >> Windows PC the same address as FreeBSD, you will have communication >> problems. > > It's neater and safer to keep static and dynamic addresses in separate > ranges, but often not strictly necessary. I agree, however, my rule of thumb is to not trust hardware to strictly adhere to proper standards or RFC's, especially when it comes down to CPE ;) Anyone who has managed a sizable network will know that not properly managing things like this manually is asking for trouble. Cheers, Steve