I would like to add my support to Jeffs comments.
There may be a few minor downsides to dhcp, but the advantages of plug
and play home networks overwhelmingly outweigh the alternative.
Some ip routers (only dlink that i have seen) will also allow for static
leases which can negate many of the few advantages of static.
also a nice ip/adsl router adds some measure of security to windows
rather than letting windows do pppoe and expose itself entirely.
Dean
Jeff Waugh wrote:
<quote who="O Plameras">
For a long time, I had wanted to ask: why use DHCP in home networks
when one can use STATIC ip (using private network ip addresses)?
Just curious to know, why.
Because DHCP makes your network "just work" and doesn't inflict the need to
understand IP addresses and subnets on unsuspecting users. Hooray for little
home network routers that do all of this out of the box. No mucking around.
- Jeff
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