RE: How many folks are actually using dynamic IP address assignment?

[Krishnan Parameshwaran <[e-mail]>]

microsoft uses dhcp to assign ip addresses dynamically for its 55,000+
clients around the world. we have proactively tried to not hand out
nailed addresses handed out via dhcp. yes we are having to optimize our
address utilization on a regular basis. in our case it had been the
original split up of the available address space and having to change it
as we grew. changing hosts per subnet(s) also keeps this optimization
interesting.  yes we watch it closely.

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>Sent:	Friday, October 04, 1996 3:40 PM
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>Subject:	How many folks are actually using dynamic IP address assignment?
>
>
>I'm curious as to how many sites out there are actually assigning IP
>addresses 
>dynamically.  From some of the comments I've seen on the ISC DHCP server 
>mailing list, it sounds as if many sites are avoiding dynamic assignment, and
>opting for nailed up addresses handed out via DHCP.
>
>Perhaps this is done for accountability purposes?  Or perhaps this is a
>result of the problematic interactions between DNS and DHCP?  
>
>Have those of you running with dynamic addressing encountered any especially
>pernicious problems?  Anyone run into the problem of exhausting the available
>pool of dynamic addresses - how did you discover this problem?  Just allowing
>people to plug in and turn on would seem to necessitate some kind of monitor
>to watch for this sort of thing.
>
>Any and all comments in relation to this would be greatly appreciated.
>
>regards,
>mb