3 Aug
2011
3 Aug
'11
5:03 a.m.
- Dynamic address: Customer connects PC (defaults to DHCP) or router/ firewall with DHCP for the WAN interface plus NAT for the LAN side. Necessary configuration: Small to none.
DHCP doesn't imply dynamic address. It implies customer doesn't have to configure an address him/herself. DHCP can very well always hand out the same address every time.
Absolutely, and in our network it does - in most cases. However, ensuring that DHCP hands out a *real* static address every time, in the face of non SP controlled CPEs, changing MAC addresses etc is non-trivial. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no