XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: unruh@invalid.ca   
      
   On 2017-04-12, nospam  wrote:   
   > In article , Mark Lloyd    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> >   Since "Static DHCP" is a contradiction in terms,   
   >>   
   >> Static IP served by DHCP. Doesn't sound like a contradiction.   
   >   
   > just what do you think the 'd' in dhcp stands for? hint: dynamic.   
   >   
   > expanding it gives: static dynamic host configuration protocol, which   
   > is a contradiction.   
      
   No. The router does not do symantic parsing. It serves IP addresses. You   
   can, on most routers, tell it to serve a particular IP to a particular   
   MAC. That Many people call "static". It is the same IP address always.   
   It is also what most AP call static. Yes, DHCP is used, but he address   
   is static.   
      
      
   >   
   >> "static DHCP" could also apply to a DHCP server that supplies ONLY   
   >> static IPs. I have used software like that before, although you probably   
   >> will NOT find it on your router.   
   >   
   > a static ip by definition is not handed out by a dhcp server. it's   
   > configured on the device.   
      
   Unfortunately definitions are not cooked up by each individual but come   
   from common useage.   
      
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