Strange performance of Linksys box

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

I have several machines. The desktops are all static. The reason the laptop 
is dynamic is that I plug it in at Compaq and at Northeastern.
Setting up a static is simple. I have a scheme for MIT. 

In any case, I think the instability was that I had jostled the dongle cord 
disconnecting the signal which caused dhcp to serve me up another ip. With 
the old Linksys, I always got the old one unless my daughter's laptop was 
connected in the meantime.
Derek Atkins wrote:
> 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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