XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2017-04-12 06:51, mike wrote:   
   > On 4/11/2017 3:22 PM, Mike Easter wrote:   
   >> Tomos Davies wrote:   
   >>> How does setting the IP address to be static on the Android phone   
   >>> cause the   
   >>> linux router to *accept* that static address permanently?   
   >>   
   >> It doesn't (permanently); it is still dynamic to the router.   
   >>   
   >> For the same reason that when a cable modem releases its leased IP,   
   >> waits a short while, and then renews its lease with the DHCP, it gets   
   >> the exact same dyanmic IP back again.  Normally.   
   >>   
   >> However, you should be able to get the router to attach a particular LAN   
   >> IP to a particular MAC address device on the LAN.   
   >>   
   > Google "address reservation".   
   > You don't want a fixed IP address on a phone.   
      
   Not true, he does.   
      
   > You want it in DHCP so it will work anywhere.   
      
   It will work everywhere perfectly as it is.   
      
   Please remember that the setup only applies to his home WiFI. Other   
   WiFis get different configs.   
      
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