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Originally Posted by ectoplasm
I think you're generalizing here, the above example is clearly one where DHCP is ideal. I don't think anyone is suggesting that static IPs are ideal in all, or even most, scenarios.
In my case, on my small private LAN, I have a handful of devices where I sometimes need to connect. For example I have a camera that doesn't have a netbios name, and it has a setup page I can access at http://192.168.x.x.x. I also have an IP phone, TV set, and a few other things I may need to connect to either via a browser or telnet or FTP.
Some work with netbios hostnames, some don't. Over the years I found it simpler to assign a static IP so there is no question how to connect to the device.
For things that I don't care about connecting to, like my cellphone, I let that get an IP from DHCP. |
For me, one of my roommates fancies himself a hacker and rather than raining on his parade and/or trying to figure out how to connect to some device that connected just fine yesterday, or even to connect to the internet at all when I wake up in the morning, I do what I do, and some of it is nefarious, to make sure he can't mess me up totally. And most of what he does is good
Helen