02-23-15 10:54 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about IP Address Changes-Wh

 ml> {at}MSGID: 
 ml>  On Mon, 23 Feb 2015, Ed Vance wrote to Ben Ritchey:

Howdy! Mark,
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 EV> I know the computers I have each have a MAC address, but iirc the
 EV> MAC address doesn't look anything like a IP Address.

 EV> I just looked at ipconfig /all on this pc and iirc the Physical
 EV> Address shown is the MAC address, right????????

 ml> yes... and if you have to change the NIC, there'll be a new
 ml> MAC... the MAC is assigned to the NIC, not the machine...
 ml> laptops with both cable and wifi capabilities have at least two
 ml> MACs...

I'd think the only to change the NIC would if I replaced the Motherboard
in this desktop pc.

 ml> DHCP address reservations (aka psuedo-static) are made based on
 ml> the MAC...

As I learned, which ever pc is turned on first around here gets the
DHCP Server .100 IP Address, and the next one turned on gets something
other than .100 .

Thanks for helping me.

As I told Ben, I may have figured a way to keep this XP pc using the
. 100 IP Address.
Thanks to ALL!

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