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   Mark Lloyd to nospam   
   Re: How does setting a static IP on a mo   
   13 Apr 17 02:16:35   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: not@mail.invalid   
      
   On 04/12/2017 05:31 PM, nospam wrote:   
      
   [snip]   
      
   >> It's a static (constant, doesn't change) IP. It's just the DHCP server,   
   >> rather than the client device, that keeps it static.   
   >   
   > it's dynamically assigned. it's just that the dhcp server reserves the   
   > same one each time.   
   >   
      
   Strange use of the word "dynamic", for something that DOESN'T change.   
   Possibly theres confusion between a DYNAMIC process and a STATIC value.   
      
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