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DHCP Reservation vs Static IP address
So after browsing some websites, some people are telling me that static IP address is the best. But others say the DHCP Reservation is just as good if not the same.
So what is better? Or are they ...
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What does static DHCP mean? Static Dynamic is confusing
I've found some home wireless routers/ADSL+ modems (ZyXEL 660) talking about Static DHCP, when refering to assosiating a specific MAC to an IP, but still serve the configuration over DHCP.
Doesn't ...
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Unique IP address settings (static/dhcp) per wireless network? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Automatically picking network settings based on the wifi network
Is this possible in Windows 7? For example, I want to use Static IP A with Network A, DHCP with Network B, ...
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In Windows 8, How do I make a static IP for each network?
I would like to have it so that my computer sets its IP address statically depending on which network that it is connected to. I have 3 Networks that I regularly use and it seems that with Windows I ...
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OS X location aware networking
I have a macbook running OS X 10.6.2. I would like to be able to use DHCP when roaming, but automatically switch to a static IP when my macbook is in range of my home router. Right now I must manually ...
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Default to Static IP when no DHCP is found
I've setup a DHCP server on one of my centos boxes, and I have several computers that are going to connect (also centos) and hopefully make use of the DHCP. On start-up I'd like to check whether a ...
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How do I re-establish connectivity to the internet (cannot assign addresses now) after setting static ip in openbsd?
I recently asked a question on stackoverflow regarding not being able to push git commits from my OpenBSD (6.3) machine to GitLab, since changing it to a static IP. It turns out that the problem ...
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Static IP in LAN with DNS name
I have a LAN at home sitting behind the router (Linksys WRT54G). The IP addresses assigned to the Linux boxes are
192.168.0.101
192.168.0.102
192.168.0.103
The Router is also connected to the modem ...
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Does the DHCP server allocates static IPs?
I have a small DHCP server with a 50 IP scope. When I try to get an IP to my device using Ethernet I get a static IP.
How can I solve this?
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Force a static IP address only for a specific network in Windows 8
I am a developer. I need to have a static IP address when I'm at my office, and would like to use my DHCP at home.
Making a reservation on the office's DHCP isn't possible (the router they have ...
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Can't connect with IP outside the DHCP range
My modem/router (it acts as both) has an IP of 192.168.0.1. The subnet mask is 255.255.255.0. The range of IP addresses used for DHCP is 192.168.0.100 to 192.168.0.200. To be clear, if I connect with ...
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Windows 10 computer can only connect when using an address assigned via DHCP
The Problem
My computer will only connect to the internet if it has an address assigned via DHCP. Otherwise if I statically set an address, it will be ignored and use the Windows default address of ...
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Make my LAN independent for local routing (DHCP + static routing) while connected to a cable modem with DHCP which cannot be disabled (ISP)
First of all, I want to say that my knowledge about networking is basic (I'm a web developer, not a net admin :D)
I have a local network composed by:
A cable modem with routing capabilities (Let's ...
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docker macvlan static ip - yet a dhcp request
I'm trying to run 2 docker containers on my Raspberry Pi with each having it's own static ip address.
So far, I got it working using the macvlan network driver.
But there's this strange behaviour:
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How to set static IP address to UDHCP client?
I am using udhcp client for an embedded device. I am trying to add a feature to set a static IP, Netmask, DNS, and gateway address.
I am trying to set it through the "-r" argument (request):
/sbin/...
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How to troubleshoot a networked device with incorrect static IP address?
I have a Sony SNC-EP521 IP camera that's currently set to a static IP address of something like 10.0.0.x (if I remember correctly). The network I'm trying to place it in has IP addresses like 192.168....
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What is the best practice for assigning static IP addresses? [closed]
In my scenario, I would be assigning IP addresses to security cameras.
I am wondering if I should assign a static IP address from the device itself, or have a static entry on my DHCP server with their ...
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eth0 static ip resetting to dhcp upon VM reboot
I am facing an eth ip setting issue where upon reboot the static ip is bieng removed and dhcp is bieng applied .
Env : RHEL 7.6
**ETH configuration before reboot** :
[root@bdnlsit-eda2 ~]# cat /...
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Printer wasn't working. Gave it a Static IP and now it works! But why?
I was toying with my printer to get it to work.
Originally, the printer was automatically given an IP of
(169.254.248.206)
However... I read that manually setting the printer's IP outside my ...
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Wireless access point won't allow more than 1 connection
We have a Netgear WGT624 set up as an access point to provide wireless access on our wired network. The wired network has one PC acting as a DHCP server and internet gateway - the WGT624 is set up ...
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Issues when setting up static IP on Debian bookworm
I have recently started hosting my server from my PC and everything worked perfectly until my public IP changed. I taught I have successfully setup a static IP but I didn't. Now I am in a loop of ...
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How to configure a MI424WR wireless router to always assign a host the same IP via DHCP?
I have a MI424WR wireless router. How can I configure it to always assign the same IP address to a given host on my network, so that the host effectively has a static IP address?
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Router Zyxel EX3301-T0 static IP address for wired device
I did assign a static IP address 192.168.1.3 for a device, with a known MAC address,
which was connected by wire to the router.
That was done via "Home networking" → "Static DHCP".
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Unable to set static IP on remote gentoo machine, only dhcp assigned IP gets internet connection
I've got a machine with no physical access that I want to ssh into, I'm now using tor to do that but I would like to connect directly to improve latency and throughput. I had set up port forwarding ...
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Set multiple static IP addresses if DHCP fails
On Windows10, I would like to be able to set multiple static IP addresses (eg. 192.168.0.250, 192.168.10.250, 10.0.7.250) on the computer ethernet interface card if no DHCP server is found.
I know ...
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3 ubuntu machines lose eth-connection (and IP) synchronously after some hours
Setup:
some 40-port switches (unmananged) - ip range 192.168.10.x - 255, 192.168.10.1-50 DHCP reserved (~30 used), 51-255 Static IP range (~200 used)
one brand new 8 port (unmanaged) switch - 3 ...
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Internet connectivity issue when setting up static ip address in raspberry pi
I have program running on my raspberry pi3 to set up a static ip configuration based on the ip address range of the router to which it is connected. But when I connect the pi to a router with 10.0.x.x ...
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How to get my computer to have a static IP that is already taken
I need to figure out some way to allow my computer to get assigned a specific IP address. This IP is already taken by some other device on the network. The network is laid out with Source > Firewall/...
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How to assign the same IP address for every computer connected ad hoc?
I have an interactive system with a computer running Windows 10 in the center. There is no wireless network, only one ethernet cable. There is an application running on this machine that sends data to ...
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Windows 10 preview PC getting served static and DHCP address
Setup
PC: Latest Windows Tech Preview
IP address set to static.
Router: R7000/DDWRT
Lately I've notice, when checking devices that are connected to my router, that this PC has been showing the ...
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