Re: [BackupPC-users] backup Linux/Mac clients that are DHCP

[Jon S. <sai...@ya...>]

My only aversion to assigning fixed IPs via dhcp is that my clients general=
ly use cheap linksys routers that do not all support this feature.=0A=0ABut=
 i agree, it does sound like the way to go.=0AThanks=0AJon=0A=0A----- Origi=
nal Message ----=0AFrom: Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <ch...@re...>=0AT=
o: bac...@li...=0ASent: Thursday, September 20, 200=
7 11:00:54 AM=0ASubject: Re: [BackupPC-users] backup Linux/Mac clients that=
 are DHCP=0A=0AOn 09/20 08:37 , Jon Saints wrote:=0A> The problem occurs wh=
en the DHCP server changes the IP address of one of=0A> the clients. Once t=
his happens, the security key exchange that i did=0A> originally with the c=
lient is no longer valid. As a result, subsequent=0A> backups fail.=0A> =0A=
> What is the best way around this? I prefer to keep my clients using DHCP.=
=0A> Would using a local Certificate Authority solve this problem? or is my=
=0A> best option to have the DHCP server assign fixed IPs to the clients th=
at=0A> need to be backed up (i would prefer to avoid this if possible)?=0A=
=0AI find it simplifies administration to statically assign IP addresses to=
=0Ahosts, via the DHCP server. This way you can also set up DNS and be able=
 to=0Afind hosts via DNS names, which makes it much easier when sharing the=
 load=0Awith other administrators.=0A=0AIs there a reason you are opposed t=
o static entries for each host?=0A=0AIf you're willing to learn its idiosyn=
cracies, Dynamic DNS is an option as=0Awell. Be warned that it's a bit frag=
ile tho.=0A=0A-- =0ACarl Soderstrom=0ASystems Administrator=0AReal-Time Ent=
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