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I can see that could be a hassle... Not sure MS is even accepting
suggestions anymore for their now-defunct product line (as if they ever were
accepting suggestions!). I did not mean to belittle your suggestion (now I
realize I may have given that impression after I read my own reply!! - oops,
sorry). An option to "restart" the DHCP server code would be something that
would be nice (sure beats resetting from factory and then restoring your
saved settings).
Are you sure that a power off/on recycle doesn't clear the DHCP table? I
must admit I have never looked, but I would imagine it strange that the
router would save that info in non-volatile ram... but then again...
cheers
Kerry
"Matthew Weyer" <comdoc818NO@SPAMmsn.com> wrote in message
news:%23%23S$VXzlEHA.2612@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Thanks Kerry! Actually the only reason I want to clear the DHCP client
list is
> because I have a lot of people connect to my network over time and have so
many
> addresses on there that it's hard to tell what's what.
>
> --
> Regards,
> @Matthew
>
> "Kerry Liles" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:uzSksIzlEHA.2820@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl
> > If you are using DHCP you shouldn't care what IP address is assigned to
a
> > PC. DHCP servers tend to give out the same IP address based on the MAC
> > address (assuming the same IP address is still available) for a reason -
> > probably to accommodate people who mistakenly use the IP address to get
to
> > the box; eg:
http://192.168.0.101 etc. rather than using other ways to
> > identify the target - or to avoid breaking any drive mappings etc.
> >
> > Anyway, if you *need* to know the IP address of a box behind a router,
then
> > define the DHCP range differently to exclude some handfull of addresses
and
> > assign the boxes a static IP in the unassigned range. That is why one
can
> > define the scope of the addresses that are handed out by DHCP.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Matthew Weyer" <comdoc818NO@SPAMmsn.com> wrote in message
> > news:e6bYM7ulEHA.2884@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> Hello everyone,
> >>
> >> I was just wondering if there's an easy way to clear the DHCP client
list so
> >> I can assign different IP addresses to old devices (MAC addresses). If
it's
> >> not possible except by resetting the device back to factory default
settings
> >> then I have a suggestion, let us reset the DHCP server easily. Thanks!
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >> @Matthew
>
>
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