[Techtalk] FW: DHCP question maybe dns

[Davis, Jennifer]

Addendum
	Oops, if necessary, I can just put that computer back to fixed IP.
I was only curious as DHCP seems to be my new toy this week.

Jenn

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Davis, Jennifer 
> Sent:	2002 Apr 09 11:59 AM
> To:	'techtalk at linuxchix.org'
> Subject:	DHCP question maybe dns
> 
> Hi all.
> 
> I realise this is a dumb question, well it may be.  I just set up dhcp on
> my server for the laptop, for pcs when they run windows and for laptops
> that belong to people who drop by (usually it's to use the printer), but I
> realised that this may not be the most practical thing to do as the
> computer that has the colour printer on it is my roommates Win95 PC.  Is
> there any way to have the DHCP server only give that computer one address,
> or conversely tell the other computers on the network what its IP is when
> it they need to access the printer.
>