Strange performance of Linksys box

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Mon Apr 1 21:44:09 EST 2002


Huh?  Is the laptop the only machine behind the Linksys?  If not,
then how is running DHCP on one of your other machines any differnt
than running DHCP on the Linksys, as far as your laptop is concerned?

Your laptop is still using DHCP, except the address comes from your
own DHCP server instead of the Linksys...

-derek

Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> writes:

> I thought of that. If the laptop didn't move to all the other locations, 
> I'd be more amenable to do it. It's only a minor pain.
> "Derek D. Martin" wrote:
> 
> > Probably not what you're looking for, as it's a workaround rather than
> > a solution, but I'd disable the DHCP server on the router, and assign
> > a static IP via a DHCP server running on some other machine on my
> > network.
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