XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: Daniel47@eternal-september.org   
      
   On 12/04/2017 10:28 PM, 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.   
      
   Could I suggest, by way of an example, that it is not a House that   
   determines its address, it is the *location* of the house on a street   
   that determines the house's address.   
      
   So a device is just a device, and doesn't really need an address until   
   it is connected to something else ... printer to computer, computer to   
   router, router to server, etc., etc.   
      
   Now, when we talk about Caravan or Winnebago, ..... that's something   
   else!! ;-)   
      
   Daniel   
      
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