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发放/取得 IP

English translation: release/acquire IP

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Chinese term or phrase:发放/取得 IP
English translation:release/acquire IP
Entered by: Serena Huang

02:54 Dec 19, 2007
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Computers: Systems, Networks
Chinese term or phrase: 发放/取得 IP
Hello,
How to say "发放 IP/取得 IP"?

Thanks in advance.
Serena Huang
Local time: 22:47
release/acquire IP
Explanation:
release/acquire IP

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Note added at 16 mins (2007-12-19 03:10:53 GMT)
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depending on context --

(server) leases IP, client acquires IP, client releases dynamic IP, client renews dynamic IP

all refer to dhcp


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Note added at 9 hrs (2007-12-19 12:37:54 GMT) Post-grading
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On DHCP context, a server running dhcpd (DHCP service or "daemon") leases out a range(s) of IPs (usually not a single IP) to several hosts, say a range of 10.0.1.200 - 10.0.1.239 (40 IPs) and a client gets one of them by running dhcp client software on the host. So, the "leases out / acquire" pair was my basic consideration.

In my humble opinion, "assign" is more applied in the static IP context. In fact, a static IP is usually "assigned" by a system administrator (for which I am a part timer), i.e., a biological human with flash and blood :))

"Obtaining" an IP also seems to entail human nature to a host computer, in my humble opinion. It is more natural to say: "Hong-hong obtained a (static) IP from her sys admin" than "Hong-hong's host PC obtained an IP from the dhcp server."


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Note added at 9 hrs (2007-12-19 12:52:03 GMT) Post-grading
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I can't finish my reply in the space provided so I am completing it below:

Thank you, Adison, for your comment. No, my examples were not from routing, which is in another layer - thinking of the 7 layers of networking. E.g., all hosts are on the same subnet then no routing is needed at all. Please recall that routing is only necessary when two or more networks are connected together, say the 192.168.10.x network and the 10.0.1.y network. Then a router with two interfaces is needed to connect the two networks as each interface of the router takes up an IP of each network, say, 192.168.10.254 and 10.0.1.254.
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franksf
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Thank you very much.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2assign/obtain IP
orientalhorizon
3 +1release/acquire IP
franksf


Discussion entries: 3





  

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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
assign/obtain IP


Explanation:
“发放IP”即为分配一IP地址；“取得IP”则正好与之相应，被分配了IP地址也就是取得了IP地址，这是从不同角度来说的。

orientalhorizon
Local time: 22:47
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much. To be honest, I am confused with this term. I once translated the term as "obtain IP", but a British friend of mine didn't understand what does "obtain" really mean in the term.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  franksf
1 min
  -> Thank you very much!
agree  Adsion Liu: I am for assign here instead of release, and obtain is possible but better with acquire...It's why I offer my agreement to your answser first...
40 mins
  -> I get these from a glossary. Thanks a lot!//To tell you the truth, I don't see any real difference between acquire and obtain here, actually both are used in technical expressions, I just proposed one, not excluding the other.
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
release/acquire IP


Explanation:
release/acquire IP

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 16 mins (2007-12-19 03:10:53 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

depending on context --

(server) leases IP, client acquires IP, client releases dynamic IP, client renews dynamic IP

all refer to dhcp


--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 9 hrs (2007-12-19 12:37:54 GMT) Post-grading
--------------------------------------------------

On DHCP context, a server running dhcpd (DHCP service or "daemon") leases out a range(s) of IPs (usually not a single IP) to several hosts, say a range of 10.0.1.200 - 10.0.1.239 (40 IPs) and a client gets one of them by running dhcp client software on the host. So, the "leases out / acquire" pair was my basic consideration.

In my humble opinion, "assign" is more applied in the static IP context. In fact, a static IP is usually "assigned" by a system administrator (for which I am a part timer), i.e., a biological human with flash and blood :))

"Obtaining" an IP also seems to entail human nature to a host computer, in my humble opinion. It is more natural to say: "Hong-hong obtained a (static) IP from her sys admin" than "Hong-hong's host PC obtained an IP from the dhcp server."


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Note added at 9 hrs (2007-12-19 12:52:03 GMT) Post-grading
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I can't finish my reply in the space provided so I am completing it below:

Thank you, Adison, for your comment. No, my examples were not from routing, which is in another layer - thinking of the 7 layers of networking. E.g., all hosts are on the same subnet then no routing is needed at all. Please recall that routing is only necessary when two or more networks are connected together, say the 192.168.10.x network and the 10.0.1.y network. Then a router with two interfaces is needed to connect the two networks as each interface of the router takes up an IP of each network, say, 192.168.10.254 and 10.0.1.254.

franksf
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you very much.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you so much.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adsion Liu: It seemed that your example sentence comes from interface of routing...but I am not sure about its correctness. I am preferabley for assign here instead of release, and obtain is possible but better with acquire...
55 mins
  -> Thank you, Adison, for your comment. No, my examples were not from routing, which is in another layer - thinking of the 7 layers of networking. E.g., all hosts are on the same subnet then no routing is needed at all.
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