Ken wrote:
-------- Easiest way is usually to let DCHP do the hard work keeping track of IP numbers!
Yeah, we all have over 100 machines on a lan and cant use a tcp control panel to check. They will remind you if another machine is already using that address.
Macs work better with a static address. No ifs, buts or maybe's but if you dont mind the wait... a long one if the routers down or off or you move the mac... then dhcp is for you.
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