Topic: MAC address reservation

[peterhocking]

Hi

I'm using SME Server as a DHCP server, (amongst other things). Where do I go to in the Server Manager to set it up so that a particular PC gets the same IP address each time it requests an IP addres?

TIA

Peter

[Stefano]

in the "hostname and addresses" panel.
please note you can't reserve an ip address lying into dhcp range.

ciao
Stefano

[peterhocking]

That doesn't work because you can't specify the MAC address

[Stefano]

That doesn't work because you can't specify the MAC address

strange.. I see the text box for MAC address in my server-manager..

see here

note that you will see it only if you specifiy a local address

Ciao
Stefano

[chris burnat]

strange.. I see the text box for MAC address in my server-manager..

see here

note that you will see it only if you specifiy a local address
Ciao
Stefano

When you open the  Hostnames and Addresses panel, click "Add Hostname".  A second panel opens, give a name to the Host and under location select "local".  Click "next" and now you are in the panel with the IP and Ethernet address.

[peterhocking]

Thanks for the help, I went back & revisited it & found I had ticked remote instead of local. Changing it to local allowed me to specify the ACE address & it works.

Thanks again,

Peter