[techtalk] DHCP vs. Static security

[Stephanie Alarcon]

> Not necessarily.  We have our DHCP server set to hold the IP addresses for
> seven days.  That way, when someone logs back in, they get the same IP
> address.  Our DHCP server is on Windows NT, and I have no idea if other
> platform DHCP servers can be configured that way.  My last job used static
> IP addresses, which are a royal pain to maintain.

Yep, we have a dhcp server on a linux box and in dhcpd.conf there are
lines to specify default, max, and min lease times...in seconds i think.

i think the wins server is on linux too. ;)