XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: ham789@netzero.net   
      
   On 4/12/2017 7:45 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote:   
   > Le 12/04/2017 à 16:39, mike a écrit :   
   >> On 4/12/2017 5:28 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote:   
   >>> Le 12/04/2017 à 14:14, Whiskers a écrit :   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Setting his phone to use a static IP while connected to his home   
   >>>> network, would be a good idea if (when) he sets his router to use a   
   >>>> static IP for that device.   
   >>>   
   >>> This does not make sense.   
   >>> A static address for a device is set on the device, not on the router.   
   >>   
   >> If the router reserves and always assigns the same predefined IP address   
   >> to the MAC address of the phone in DHCP mode (and never to any other   
   >> device), it's always the same.   
   >   
   > It is fixed but still dynamically assigned, not static.   
      
   I referred to it as address reservation.   
   It's functionally equivalent to static IP when used with the   
   home router.   
      
   Consider the nit picked, even though it detracts from understanding.   
      
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