On 10/6/2012 7:43 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Tom H wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 11:56 PM, Stan Hoeppner >> <s...@hardwarefreak.com> wrote: >>> This thread reinforces what experienced server admins round the world >>> have known forever: >>> >>> DO NOT USE dynamic network address assignment on servers. >>> >>> The problem in this thread is but one of many that can/will result from >>> using dynamic IP assignment with servers. If the OP had mentioned his >>> use of dynamic IP up front he would have saved himself, and the rest of >>> us, much time. >> I've had to deal with VPS instances using what I call (in between my >> ears!) semi-static ip settings: static but dynamically-assigned ip >> addresses. The box gets an ip address via dhcp but it's always the >> same, (I assume) based on the NIC's MAC address. >> > > Which also comes up if one is net booting - the server has to pick up > its IP address from the boot server, based on its MAC address.
But this is only a temporary address during PXE boot. You'd still want/have a static IP in the OS image which goes live once the kernel is initialized. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/507178f4.8090...@hardwarefreak.com
