Couldn't you have a chat with the network admin to set you up with a permanent lease for your empeg?

I don't have the ability to request a permanent lease from my DHCP server, but I do have a handful of fixed addresses on my LAN that I am free to use however I see fit. The addresses are reserved for things like servers and routers. I have considered doing exactly what you said: Assigning a fixed IP to the Empeg that falls within that range.

(I know this sounds a little strange. I'm the network admin for my local department, so I control the local servers. However, I do not control the DHCP server. Corporate HQ controls the DHCP server and has given me the specs for it, including what the fixed addresses are reserved for.)

The problem is that the range of available fixed addresses on my LAN is very narrow. I need them for future expansion.

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Tony Fabris