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From: Linonut on 13 Jun 2008 10:59
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> I see what you're saying, but a client can't know if an IP address was
> assigned via DHCP or is static, so keeping a local IP/MAC cache isn't
> feasible.

/var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.eth2.leases

I imagine Windows has similar info stored somewhere.

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From: Cork Soaker on 13 Jun 2008 18:17
Linonut wrote:
> * Cork Soaker peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> I see what you're saying, but a client can't know if an IP address was
>> assigned via DHCP or is static, so keeping a local IP/MAC cache isn't
>> feasible.
>
> /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.eth2.leases
>
> I imagine Windows has similar info stored somewhere.
>

I meant a permanent cache, a temporary cache is obviously a good idea
(but just *how* temporary?) :-)

Out of interest, my dhclient.eth2.leases is empty, is yours?
From: Linonut on 14 Jun 2008 10:03
* Cork Soaker peremptorily fired off this memo:

> Linonut wrote:
>> * Cork Soaker peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>
>>> I see what you're saying, but a client can't know if an IP address was
>>> assigned via DHCP or is static, so keeping a local IP/MAC cache isn't
>>> feasible.
>>
>> /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.eth2.leases
>>
>> I imagine Windows has similar info stored somewhere.
>>
>
> I meant a permanent cache, a temporary cache is obviously a good idea
> (but just *how* temporary?) :-)
>
> Out of interest, my dhclient.eth2.leases is empty, is yours?

No, but eth2 is my main adaptor. Yours might be eth0, eth1, ath0,
wlan0, etc.

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If something's expensive to develop, and somebody's not going to get paid,
it won't get developed. So you decide: Do you want software to be
written, or not?
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From: Cork Soaker on 14 Jun 2008 11:49
Linonut wrote:

> No, but eth2 is my main adaptor. Yours might be eth0, eth1, ath0,
> wlan0, etc.
>

Oh yeah... d'oh!!
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