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From: craig@NNSC.NSF.NET (Craig Partridge)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: what is dynamic IP address assignment
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Date: 7 Oct 88 17:44:29 GMT
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Hi:

    I discovered at a lunch last week that there are two defintions of
dynamic IP address assignment floating around:

    (1) assigning an IP address, once and for all, to a new machine
    that has never been on the net before;

	and

    (2) assigning transient IP addresses to guest hosts (for example,
    a portable PC that has been plugged into your local Ethernet for
    the day by a visitor).

I get the impression lots of people are thinking about (1) and not many
about (2).  Personally, I think (2) is the more interesting problem
because it makes IP much more available to travelers.  (One can imagine
plugging one's PC into a jack in your airplane seat but I digress...)

Craig