XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , William Unruh   
    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.   
      
   nobody said the router did semantic parsing.   
      
   *humans* do the parsing and the term 'static dynamic' is contradictory.   
      
   the router doesn't know nor care what humans calls it. the router just   
   moves the bits however it's configured.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   true   
      
   > It is also what most AP call static.   
      
   not true.   
      
   > Yes, DHCP is used, but he address   
   > is static.   
      
   true.   
      
   > >> "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.   
      
   which is what i've been saying all along.   
      
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