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Re: Raspbian boots to a DHCP address first, then the fixed IP

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  Re: Raspbian boots to a DHCP address first, then the fixed IP Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2015-07-01 21:45 +0100

#9011 — Re: Raspbian boots to a DHCP address first, then the fixed IP

On 2015-07-01, Rob Morley wrote:

> On Wed, 01 Jul 2015 17:04:43 +0100
> Dom <domafp@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Remove or disable the dhcpdc package. It's a recent addition to the 
>> Rasbian images and tends to ignore the interfaces file and do its own
>> thing.
>> 
>> It's fine for the average user who uses the desktop and sets up 
>> networking via the GUI, but just gets in the way when you want to do 
>> things yourself.
>
> Most home routers make it easy to reserve an IP address for any device
> (by MAC address), so running a DHCP client by default shouldn't be a
> nuisance unless you have a really good reason not to.

I don't think my router does, but that's an interesting point.


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