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devosd
Jun 05, 2018Tutor
Address Reservation
Hi,
I was wondering if anybody has found a way to solve an issue I am having. I am trying to reserve IP addresses for multiple devices that have both ethernet and wifi connections. I want to reserv...
- Jun 17, 2018
Thanks for the information. The router picked up the host name from the device. I went ahead and changed the name and everything is working great now. Thanks for the help.
antinode
Jun 05, 2018Guru
> I am trying to reserve IP addresses for multiple devices that have both
> ethernet and wifi connections.
What's stopping you?
> [...] I want to reserve 2 IP addresses for each device. Is the IP
> reserved besed on the MAC address or the host name?
MAC address. And each interface should have a unique MAC address, so
the wired and wireless interfaces on a device should have different MAC
addresses, allowing you to associate different IP addresses with the two
interfaces. For example, I have a Foscam camera with these two address
reservations:
4 10.0.0.112 cam0 C4:D6:55:34:77:6E [wired]
5 10.0.0.113 cam1 E8:AB:FA:11:2C:DE [wireless]
Define "host name". A device can have a name, but that may have
little to do with networking. In IP, a network interface has an address
(and may have a name). If a device has only one network interface, then
you can easily associate a network interface name with a host name. If
a device has multiple network interfaces, then this simple relationship
breaks down. For networking purposes, the network interface is the
fundamental object (with its own address and name), not the device.
- devosdJun 17, 2018Tutor
Thanks for the information. The router picked up the host name from the device. I went ahead and changed the name and everything is working great now. Thanks for the help.