02-23-15 10:54 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about IP Address Changes-Wh   
      
    ml> @MSGID: <54EBB34D.13754.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    ml>  On Mon, 23 Feb 2015, Ed Vance wrote to Ben Ritchey:   
      
   Howdy! Mark,   
   -snip-   
    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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