XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , Carlos E.R.   
    wrote:   
      
   > >> He wasnts to be able toaddress his phone so he can ftp   
   > >> to it, and transfer files to and from the phone using his Win computer.   
   > >> As such not having to figure out what the IP address of the phone is   
   > >> each time he does so is a convenience and he wants that convenience.   
   > >   
   > > if he was interested in convenience, he wouldn't be asking about static   
   > > ips. he'd be asking about dns so he doesn't need to remember any ips.   
   >   
   > You are assuming he has a router with that capability. I have seen none.   
      
   then you haven't seen very many routers.   
      
   if the router supports dhcp server, and just about every router does,   
   then it's very easy to use dns rather than ip addresses.   
      
   it also doesn't need to be done in the router at all. use zeroconf,   
   which is entirely independent of the router.   
      
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