Chapter 11. DHCP server
DHCP is short for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, and is used to assign network settings to hosts in Your network (if they support this). I use a subset of DHCP to make things easier on myself. There is only one place where I need to have my IP configurations and other networking setup.
The way I use DHCP is to lock an IP to a specific adapters MAC address. This will ensure that the adapter will always get the same IP when Your machine boots.
 | On some multiple port adapters, all interfaces has the same MAC address. This is fully compliant with the ethernet standard, which specifies that a MAC address be unique on a host basis, not on an interface basis. You may have to do some setup of the adapter to distinguish each interface on the adapter. |