XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net   
      
   On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 22:10:39 -0000 (UTC), 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?   
      
   Each of the very few routers I've ever used has its 192.168.a.* address   
   range split into two halves: a lower range ( * running roughly 1-100) which   
   are treated as *fixed* addresses, *not* dynamically assignable; and an   
   upper range ( * roughly 101-253), dynamically assignable addresses. Here   
   the value "a" is either 0 or 1, depending on the router model/maker, and is   
   not variable.   
      
   It is *I* who can assign static addresses, from among the addresses in the   
   lower range; and it is the router who assigns the dynamic addresses, from   
   among the addresses in the upper range.   
      
   Addresses 192.168.a.254 and 192.168.a.255 are *not* assignable, not by me,   
   not by the router, as they play a fixed role already, as does 192.168.a.0 .   
      
   HTH, Stijn. Cheers, -- tlvp   
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