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Obsolete Releases => SME Server 7.x => Topic started by: peterhocking on May 23, 2009, 06:54:09 AM

Title: MAC address reservation
Post by: peterhocking on May 23, 2009, 06:54:09 AM
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
Title: Re: MAC address reservation
Post by: Stefano on May 23, 2009, 07:47:09 AM
in the "hostname and addresses" panel.
please note you can't reserve an ip address lying into dhcp range.

ciao
Stefano
Title: Re: MAC address reservation
Post by: peterhocking on May 25, 2009, 08:46:43 AM
That doesn't work because you can't specify the MAC address
Title: Re: MAC address reservation
Post by: Stefano on May 25, 2009, 09:35:53 AM
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 (http://www.mind-at-work.it/images/SME_RESERVATION.png)

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

Ciao
Stefano
Title: Re: MAC address reservation
Post by: chris burnat on May 25, 2009, 11:13:23 AM
strange.. I see the text box for MAC address in my server-manager..

see here (http://www.mind-at-work.it/images/SME_RESERVATION.png)

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.
Title: Re: MAC address reservation
Post by: peterhocking on May 29, 2009, 06:45:19 AM
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