fixed IP addresses
fixed IP addresses
Hi,
What is the difference between 'Reserve LAN IP Addresses' and 'IP and MAC binding'
Both seem to link MAC address to IP address.
Hi,
What is the difference between 'Reserve LAN IP Addresses' and 'IP and MAC binding'
Both seem to link MAC address to IP address.
One is a way of reserving an IP address, the other a security feature.
Reserve LAN IP - basically enter a MAC address of something, say a printer. each time this device connects it will be given this address. No-one else can be given this address via DHCP. However... if I had a device that statically set that same IP address (not using DHCP) I could cause a conflict with the printer on the network as the DHCP would try to allocate that address which is already in use..
IP to MAC binding in short is a method to attempt to stop this. Taking the example above, if I want to fix that conflict I can "bind" that MAC address to that IP. This is nothing to do with giving the address out, rather which one to trust as legit. In a conflict scenario it will choose the one with a binding.. if neither has a binding it will conflict. In 20 years of installing servers, never had to use IP to MAC binding, but it is there.
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