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Poll - DHCP or Static
View Poll Results: DHCP or Static
DHCP IP Addressing 12 27.27%
Static IP Addressing 8 18.18%
A mix of both 21 47.73%
What's an IP Address ?? 3 6.82%
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Old 13-11-2012, 21:03   #1
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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?
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Old 13-11-2012, 21:08   #2
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Re: Poll - DHCP or Static

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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?
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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Old 13-11-2012, 21:10   #3
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Re: Poll - DHCP or Static

D'oh! I suppose I should have included Reserved DHCP as well .......
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Old 13-11-2012, 21:11   #4
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Re: Poll - DHCP or Static

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

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D'oh! I suppose I should have included Reserved DHCP as well .......
I just used "mix of both"
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Old 13-11-2012, 21:27   #5
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Re: Poll - DHCP or Static

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D'oh! I suppose I should have included Reserved DHCP as well .......
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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Old 14-11-2012, 00:30   #6
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Re: Poll - DHCP or Static

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I suppose mix of both but I picked the last answer because you didn't have the answer I wanted.
Good choice, what is an IP address?
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Old 14-11-2012, 09:41   #7
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Re: Poll - DHCP or Static

A mix - static for my NAS and second wireless access point and DHCP for the computers, laptops and consoles etc.
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Old 14-11-2012, 10:05   #8
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Re: Poll - DHCP or Static

Static on all the fixed devices (PC's, Bluray, Sat, Printers) and dynamic on any device that move in/out of the house
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Old 14-11-2012, 11:22   #9
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Re: Poll - DHCP or Static

damn, I find myself having to agree with ferret
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Old 14-11-2012, 14:31   #10
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Re: Poll - DHCP or Static

Noob.
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Old 14-11-2012, 14:42   #11
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Re: Poll - DHCP or Static

what's wrong with that?
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Old 14-11-2012, 15:02   #12
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Re: Poll - DHCP or Static

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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Old 14-11-2012, 16:08   #13
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Re: Poll - DHCP or Static

All static apart from my ipad and phone.
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Old 14-11-2012, 17:19   #14
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Re: Poll - DHCP or Static

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.
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Old 15-11-2012, 00:12   #15
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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. ~
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