[ubuntu-uk] Local IP Address Allocation

[Stuart Ward]

On 29 March 2015 at 23:40, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:

> Depends on the router. Some have the ability to tie an IP address to a
> specific device MAC address. I do this to force my home server and
> phones to have specific IPs.
>

You should be running something other thn the default router software.
There are so many problems with the default software installs it is almost
always better to use an alternative. I suggest ddwrt

Once you have this then yes you can allocate IP addresses based on MAC
address so the same device always has the same IP address. You should also
have a .home domain on your routers DNS so that internal devices will have
a DNS entry you can use if you want.

The alternative is to allocate these devices a fixed IP, just make sure it
is outside of the range that the router DHCP allocation pool.

I normally use 192.168.1.1 Router, 192.168.1.2-127 fixed IP allocations,
192.1681.128-254 DHCP pool

Stuart

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