peterw wrote: > pfarrell;538296 Wrote: >> In general, static IP addresses entered manually is a really bad idea. >> That is how the Internet worked for the first years, and if you pick a >> duplicate number, things break badly. That is why DHCP was invented. > > ...drifting off-topic... > > For *public* addresses? I'm not, nor have I ever been, a full-time > network guy, but I have never seen, nor heard of, anyone using DHCP on > the public Internet.
You are correct, I meant for internal within your home network. I believe, perhaps incorrectly, that 99% of all SqueezeBoxen are connected to a private network in you house. Of course, if its a public IP address, then your ISP will tell you want to use, and you have no real options. For most users, the DSL/router/modem/access point will deal with the public side. That too is often DHCP, but that is up to the ISP and their networking folks. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
