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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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