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