Poll - DHCP or Static
 

What is your prefered method of IP Addressing? Just out of interest, you understand, as I believe I'm a dying breed of static users ...... ;)

1. - DHCP IP Addressing.
2. - Static IP Addressing.
3. - A mix of both.
4. - What's an IP Address?

Re: Poll - DHCP or Static
 

3. 'Fixed' devices that need to be connected to (i.e. printers, NAS, desktop PC) are static*. Laptops, phones etc are on DHCP.

*in some cases the device is set to DHCP but the DHCP server is set to allocate a known, 'static' address outside of the main pool.

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D'oh! I suppose I should have included Reserved DHCP as well .......

Re: Poll - DHCP or Static
 

Static DHCP based on MAC addresses for main devices, tablets/smartphones all use DHCP

---------- Post added at 20:11 ---------- Previous post was at 20:10 ----------

I just used "mix of both"

Re: Poll - DHCP or Static
 

Bleh.

I suppose mix of both but I picked the last answer because you didn't have the answer I wanted.

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Good choice, what is an IP address?

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A mix - static for my NAS and second wireless access point and DHCP for the computers, laptops and consoles etc.

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Static on all the fixed devices (PC's, Bluray, Sat, Printers) and dynamic on any device that move in/out of the house

Re: Poll - DHCP or Static
 

damn, I find myself having to agree with ferret :banghead:

Re: Poll - DHCP or Static
 

Noob.

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what's wrong with that?

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Static for my media server (well, technically "reserved dhcp", too lazy to set up true static), and desktop.
DHCP for my android, laptop, and tablet.

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All static apart from my ipad and phone.

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Wired v wireless. Static for desktop, NASs, printers and TVoIP STB; DHCP for laptops, tablets and smartphones. New router means visitors now on a guest network and thinking of reserving IP for laptops using their MACs.

Re: Poll - DHCP or Static
 

I use traditional static for infrastructure, reserved DHCP for installed kit and pool DHCP for portable kit. I'm IP multicultural. :)~