Why do you use dhcp to assign fixed IP addresses?
Our dhcp servers know your machine’s static IP address, and will always assign it that same static IP address. So using dhcp, in this case, is just another way of specifying a fixed IP address for your server, and saves you the trouble of having to explicitly enter the server IP address, gateway, and name servers. This makes our operating system install methods truly automatic. By using dhcp, we also make the rescue modes on the utility menu use the correct network information, without you having to re-enter it. You may enter the network parameters explicitly while doing an interactive or manual install, if you wish. This makes your server independent of our dhcp servers when it boots. After the installation has completed, you can still reconfigure the server to use a static IP address, as described below. On the type R operating systems, you should be able to use the X Windows program “redhat-config-network” or “system-config-network” to do this. On the type M operating systems, webmi
