From: lcargill99@comcast.com   
      
   Char Jackson wrote:   
   > On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 07:54:46 -0500, Les Cargill    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> I work in the embedded space, and frequently, you'll have nodes   
   >> identified by nothing more than a static IP address. Hilarity ensues.   
   >   
   > It's important to know how each node acquired its IP address.   
      
   Somebody typed it in.   
      
   > Is there   
   > already a DHCP server in the picture?   
      
   There is a candidate, but I won't say it has to be used.   
      
   > If so, you don't want to add a second   
   > one.   
      
   Indeed. It has a nice off switch.   
      
   > If not, and the existing IPs were all statically assigned, do you have   
   > authority to reconfigure each node to change to DHCP?   
      
   Yessir.   
      
   > Further, who will   
   > configure and administer the DNS and DHCP servers?   
   >   
      
   That's TBD.   
      
   > I don't know how many nodes you're talking about,   
      
   Tens, maybe a hundred if we're completely out of control.   
      
   > or how often there are   
   > changes, but if it's a manageable number you might consider a local   
   > solution.   
      
   I would like that very much.   
      
   > For example, a simple mapping that you add to your hosts file so   
   > that *you* get the benefit of being able to access a machine by a name that   
   > you choose, without actually affecting the configuration of any node and   
   > without introducing any new equipment, (DNS/DHCP), to the environment or   
   > having to teach coworkers new procedures.   
   >   
      
   I do like the /etc/hosts thing - we could simply pull the new one and   
   restart services.   
      
   Not a bad idea at all, but then somebody moves some equipment. I am   
   pretty  sure I can butch up something to actually do this outside the   
   standard mechanisms, but I got to feeling that   
   using existing mechanisms might somehow be more virtuous.   
      
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