XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , Mark Lloyd   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   > >> 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.   
      
   the term 'static ip' has a specific meaning, and it's not handed out by   
   a dhcp server. the address may be the same one every time the dhcp   
   lease is renewed, but that doesn't make it a static ip.   
      
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