Here on my network, I have a few fixed location computers and some notebooks and a pile of phones and tablets. All but the fixed location machines get moved around and are sometimes running on other networks. I don't want my phone of notebooks to be static. I want these mobile devices to connect using DHCP to whatever network they are near. So I need DHCP at home. If you have any mobile devices that you need to have DHCP.
Once you already have DHCP how much extra work is it to make the IP lease fixed? One or two mouse clicks. Then you have a central place to do all the IP assignments and there is little chance to using the same IP twice. On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 8:54 AM Mark Wendt <wendt.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 11:45 AM Chris Albertson > <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 1) DHCP can in fact be "static". What you do is configure your DHCP > > server to always assign the same IP to each physical device and/or make > the > > lease time really, really long. DHCP adds zero overhead once the IP > > address and other info is set. > > What's the point? If you are going to statically assign a DHCP > address, why not go all the way and make it a static address on the > machine? The machine still has to re-negotiate eventually when the > lease expires if you use DHCP. That is not zero overhead. > > > > > 2) Ipfilters should not be used on a real-time machine. It you want a > > firewall because your local network is routed to the Internet you should > > place the firewall in the router, not on each computer.ters > > Agreed. > > Mark > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > -- Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
