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"
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