XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2017-04-12 14:39, nospam wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > Whiskers  wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>>> Google "address reservation".  You don't want a fixed IP address   
   >>>>>>> on a phone.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Not true, he does.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> he might think he does, but he doesn't.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Your opinion noted.   
   >>>   
   >>> it's not an opinion. he should *not* have a fixed ip address on his   
   >>> phone. that is only going to cause a world of problems, especially   
   >>> since he doesn't understand what he's doing.   
   >>>   
   >>> what he wants is a reserved address, which is done at the router.   
   >>   
   >> Setting his phone to use a static IP while connected to his home   
   >> network, would be a good idea   
   >   
   > it's a horrible idea because he'd have to change it every time he   
   > leaves the house and back again when he returns.   
      
   Not at all.   
      
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