Patrick Elliott wrote:
> Yep. It was set up to assign them automatically *every time* they 
> powered on and made a request. I reserved addresses for them, so that if 
> one was "offline" and I connected a wireless, it wouldn't assign the IP 
> for that machine to the wireless and mess up the values.

I wish I could get my router to do that, but it isn't enough of a PITA 
to buy a new one. :-)

> to set a "reserved" address for the MAC of the XBOX, but it demands a 
> "device name" or some such, 

What demands the device name? The router, or the xbox?

> Hmm. Maybe was thinking of someone else I got guff from.. K-Mart, I 
> think. 

Yes. That's why they got replaced by Wal-mart, amongst other reasons. :-)

> those is several thousand miles from here. :(

Whichever big store you have there. :-)

> Huh, interesting idea.

Inspired by running across the stuff while looking for the tools to hang 
it up right. :-)

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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