XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2017-04-12 00:10, Tomos Davies wrote:   
   > How does setting a static IP on a linux Android mobile device prevent the   
   > linux router from assigning that IP address to another device?   
      
   It doesn't.   
      
   There are three possibilities, though.   
      
    a)  You accidentally assigned your phone an IP outside of the range   
   your router uses for DHCP addresses. Ie, the range dedicated to manually   
   given fixed addresses.   
      
    b)  You accidentally assigned your phone the same IP as the router had   
   given it by DHCP.   
      
    c)  You happen to have a router that before assigning an IP, first   
   pings that IP to see if it responds, then automatically removes that IP   
   from the pool of addresses it can give.   
      
      
      
   You should make sure that 'a' is true.   
      
      
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