I believe the syntax in dhcpd.conf is as follows:

host [machinename] {
        hardware ethernet [macaddress];
        fixed-address [ipaddress];
}

but ymmv, and no doubt it will be better documented in the man page

you can get the mac address in win 95 using winipcfg. on NT use ipconfig
/all

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete" <speed@advcomm.co.nz>
To: <adsl@unixathome.org>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: DHCP reservations on Nokia M11

> > The ISC DHCP server certainly can assign static addresses, but only by
> > Ethernet MAC address. Works just fine, provided you don't go around
using
> > random cards :)
>
> Whoops, I stand corrected.
>
> It would still be nice if it would assign address by DHCP Client ID (a
field in
> the TCP/IP control panel on my Mac). That way I could enter my client ID
on any
> mac around here and get my static.
>
> Looks like I"m off to DL the latest dhcpd and read the docs on assigning
via MAC
> address ;-)
>
> Pete.
>
>
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