[Malvern] DHCP versus static.

[Andy Dixon]

On 27 Feb 2006, at 11:41, Geoff Bagley wrote:

> I am still trying to get a better understanding of Ethernet.
>
> Do you guys  prefer to use Static IP addresses on your LAN,  or do  
> you prefer DHCP ?
>
> Can you read out the MAC number of  another host (that being  
> invariable) ? A bit like pinging, but more specific and informative.
>
> By the way,  some outfit in Hunan, China,  keeps probing my system  
> (unsuccessfully) !

Hi,

You could try 'arp <ip address>', you may be lucky enough to get the  
MAC address from that, however, every time I try it, it fails..

As regards to the Chinese, I had the same, plus loads of unsuccessful  
ssh login attempts. I just blocked the IP ranges in the hosts.deny  
file (I think). That sorted it..

Hope this helps

Andy

PS - this may get duplicated. I already sent this once, but it looks  
like demon internet have lost it.