Chris:
Again, I'm not a network guy, so YMMV. My experience has been that
the computer with the static IP address in the DHCP range of the
router will run with no immediate problems, but the DHCP server
will eventually revoke the lease (because nobody asks for it to be
renewed), then assign it to another computer. Duplicate IP
addresses are never fun to debug!
Thx, Phil Long
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From: vnc-list-boun...@realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list-bounces@realvnc.
com] On Behalf Of Christopher Woods (CustomMade)
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 5:56 PM
To: Long, Phillip GOSS; vnc-list@realvnc.com
Subject: RE: VNC server stops responding after a few days
>
> Is your static IP address in the range of the router's DHCP
> addresses? That won't work, because the computer, knowing
> that it has a static IP, won't request a lease renewal, and
> after some maximum amount of time, the DHCP server will try
> to force one.
> What will happen in this case depends greatly on the software
> and OS the computer is running, and on the behavior of the
> router. I'm not a network guy, but I do know that unless
> your router is more sophisticated than the average
> small-office router, static IP addresses *MUST* be outside
> any range of DHCP addresses of your router.
FWIW, I've experienced pretty much set-and-forget behaviour from soho /
half-decent routers where you can assign a static IP and they'll respect
the
assignation (or in the cleverer routers, you can fix a static lease). My
previous home Speedtouch TG585v7 could happily do this, as can the
D-Link at
work. (Tomato which I use at home on a WRT54GL these days just ...
Works.)
Surely if a machine has a fixed static IP, it doesn't even enter into
discussion with the network's DHCP server to request a lease? Just the
usual
broadcast traffic...
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