DHCP Reservations

[Jim Lewis]

> On 02.02.2015 22:20, Jim Lewis wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>>   Quick question about DHCP reservations: I have laptops with both wired
>> and wireless NICs, is it okay to have the router assign the same IP to
>> both interface? I am assuming it will let me do that. I will not, and do
>> not ever, have both interfaces active at the same time. In order to make
>> this post at least somewhat relevant to Fedora I am currently running
>> three of them in my home office. I keep thinking that I am missing
>> something, possibly obvious, as to why I shouldn't do this.
>>
>>   I have my new Netgear R6200v2 working perfectly and I don't want to do
>> anything to piss it off.
>>
>>
>> Jim Lewis
>>
>>
>
> You can promise whatever you want, but On DD-WRT,
> no matter what hostname and MAC Address are selected,
> if you try with the IP address already reserved,
> the following message pops up:
> "x.y.z.w" is already defined as a static lease"
>
> http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Static_DHCP
>
>

 Ah, so my Netgear router is probably not going to allow the same IP. That
is fine, I had a feeling that was going to be the case, and it's actually
a good idea. This was more of a nice-to-have than a real problem.

 When I decide to switch interfaces I always turn the current one off,
wait about a minute, check ifconfig to make sure, and then start the
other one. Have not ever had a problem with this, and Yes I use Network
Manager :).

Jim Lewis