[Info-vax] DHCP problems on OpenVMS 9.2 x86

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 4/25/2023 2:30 PM, bill wrote:
> On 4/25/2023 10:14 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 4/25/2023 9:22 AM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2023-04-25 at 12:09 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>>> On VMS?
>>>>> "Don't use it", is the easiest solution.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to know what the obsession is with DHCP _client_ on a
>>>> _server_ operating system. About the only _possible_ use I can see
>>>> for it is within a small home/office environment when VMS is being
>>>> used as a workstation, not a server, and that's not exactly a place
>>>> for VMS (Phillip not withstanding :-)).
>>>
>>> I might install it on a laptop, just for jollies. Then working DHCP
>>> will be a requirement.
>>
>> My network preference is:
>> * one net n.n.n.* for normal traffic
>>    - internet router on that net
>>    - some addresses reserved, some addresses available for DHCP
>>    - PC's and printers has fixed address
>>    - phones, TV's, fridge, sprinkler etc. get address via DHCP
>> * one net m.m.m.* for servers (virtual or physical)
>>    - my PC has an additional fixed address on that net
>>    - each server has a fixed address
> 
> DHCP and fixed addresses are not mutually exclusive.

True.

But I find it easier to setup a fixed IP address in a server
than to configure the routers DHCP to always give a given address
a specific IP address.

Arne