jaffacake;311169 Wrote: > Howard, > > > The only time not using DHCP is advantageous is if your DHCP > infrastructure is broken and refuses to issue address to new devices. > In this case, the problem is that specific DHCP deployment, not the > protocol itself.
My linksys router acts as my DHCP server. My network consists of 2 wireless squeezeboxes, 4 PCs, and 2 laptops. Only my laptops are set to use DHCP. My PCs are static because I have some port forwarding configured and the addresses need to remain static. Perhaps there is a way to set that up and still use DHCP, but this was easy for me to set up. My laptops are used elsewhere, so DHCP is perfect for them. I went to using static addresses on my squeezeboxes to speed up the network connection process. Often enough I move one of my squeezeboxes around to different rooms and I'd rather not have to wait for an IP address to be assigned while it initializes on power up. Perhaps running a DHCP server elsewhere would help that, but it's just easier for me with this set up. -- maggior ------------------------------------------------------------------------ maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48750 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
