Same IP, multiple MAC addresses

Simon Hobson dhcp1 at thehobsons.co.uk
Mon Apr 19 15:16:05 UTC 2010


Calum Hunter wrote:

>Is there anyway to do this or do i have to create a second record 
>and assign a second ip address ie
>
>
>host laptop_wired {
>       hardware ethernet 00:11:25:D6:EE:91;
>       fixed-address 192.168.1.19;
>  }
>
>host laptop_wireless {
>       hardware ethernet 00:14:85:2D:E0:2F;
>       fixed-address 192.168.1.20;
>  }
>
>I would really like to avoid the duplication of records and 
>duplication of ip addresses needed to be reserved.

You cannot escape the multiple host declarations, but you can use the 
same IP address.

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