Cover art for DHCP Lease-It Blues

WPA3-KCIA Radio · Single

DHCP Lease-It Blues

Jarrett Heintz · 3:10

  • Networking
  • Everything, A to Z
  • Wire & Packet
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Lyrics

  1. DHCP took that IP back from me,
  2. I thought the network was mine, but it came with a lease.
  3. That server’s a landlord, collecting its fee,
  4. Hands out an address, then snatches the key.
  5. Walked up to the front desk, asked for a stay,
  6. The DHCP clerk said, “Sign here, okay?”
  7. Gave me a number, a room just for me,
  8. But the lease clock was ticking—no guarantee.
  9. DHCP took that IP back from me,
  10. Temporary comfort, but it ain’t meant to be.
  11. One day you’re home, the next you’re set free,
  12. DHCP took that IP back from me.
  13. Came back a year later, déjà vu on the floor,
  14. The same front desk greeted me, static as before.
  15. But the room had changed, I’d been reassigned,
  16. Because dynamic addresses just won’t stay mine.
  17. DHCP took that IP back from me,
  18. Temporary comfort, but it ain’t meant to be.
  19. One day you’re home, the next you’re set free,
  20. DHCP took that IP back from me.
  21. But the owner rolled in, with a smile and a knack,
  22. Her MAC was reserved, always welcome back.
  23. A special first-floor room, always in sight,
  24. No one else can claim it, it’s hers every night.
  25. Now don’t go looking for unlucky thirteen,
  26. That number’s forbidden, it won’t be seen.
  27. An exclusion in the scope, skipped by design,
  28. Superstitions written into DHCP’s line.
  29. DHCP took that IP back from me,
  30. Temporary comfort, but it ain’t meant to be.
  31. One day you’re home, the next you’re set free,
  32. DHCP took that IP back from me.
  33. Static or reserved, or excluded by fate,
  34. DHCP’s the boss, it decides your state.