Letten;592642 Wrote: > Because it's easier! > > Don't tell me assigning and maintaining true static IP adresses is > easier than loging into the router and checkmark the devices you want > to keep the same IP (reservation) - thats ONE click pr. device! doesn't > get any easier if you ask me. > > I maintain my point: > - DHCP is just fine for most users, > - DHCP reservation is just fine for most advanced users, > - True static IP's is for the IT specialist only. > > I use some DHCP reservation myself, but it's just a bad habbit. > Actually it originated from what I thought was Squeezbox problems (2 > years ago) but turned out to be a bad combination SBS on Windows Vista > and old router firmware (dropping connection at lease end) - so I > really didn't need to use DHCP reservation, it works just fine > without. > >
It must be nice to live in a world where you know what everyone's problems are and the perfect solution... I've been doing network system software development for 30+ years, so I actually like to think I do understand some of the pros and cons of various approaches... In my world, it's not a single mouse click in my router, it's cutting and pasting the MAC address, etc. and plus having to re-enter them when I upgrade the router firmware. Not terrible, but why should I have to do it for something that I can do simply on my SB3? Why was it necessary to remove that feature from the Touch - or was it just development team lack of attention to detail? As I said, as for why I want to assign the addresses, I have devices, like the SBs, that have been known for instance to suddenly start spewing lots of broadcast packets or connecting to foreign sites, and it's nice to know what IP address is what so you can investigate. eric -- EricBergan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EricBergan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4746 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83424 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
