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   Message 54,067 of 55,960   
   Pascal Hambourg to All   
   Re: How does setting a static IP on a mo   
   12 Apr 17 20:09:59   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org   
      
   Le 12/04/2017 à 19:56, Whiskers a écrit :   
   > On 2017-04-12, 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.   
   >   
   > To work properly, it needs to be set on both.   
      
   As nospam pointed out, the router does not care that a device has a   
   static address. What kind of precise setting do you think would be   
   needed on the router ?   
      
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