Why do my local network ip addresses keep changing?

[Alex Dean]

On Oct 1, 2010, at 8:52 PM, Tim Bogart wrote:

> This is what I call "The ABSOLUTE ZENITH of ABJECT ABSURDITY (running dhcp services for 5 people).  

What would you call me if I run DHCP for 2 people? :)

I use static DHCP (which, yes, seems like a contradiction in terms) mainly so I can have a single place (my router) to go to administer my IP address allocations.  With a router, 2 workstations, misc servers, switch, network printer, music player, etc.  Even for a small # of people, it's easy to end up with a hodge-podge of devices & addresses to track.

No more trying to remember which machine has which address, or accidentally giving the same address to 2 machines.  This is especially handy since the local DNS server is in the same place, so getting MAC -> IP -> DNS all lined up correctly is really simple.

alex