XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   nospam  wrote:   
   > In article , William Unruh   
   >  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.   
      
     Nice straw man! NOT!   
      
     He didn't say he's interested in "static IPs" (plural), he's talking   
   about a *single* static IP. Setting up a DNS server [1] for your local   
   network is an overkill if you need only one (or a few) static IP and can   
   configure that in your router.   
      
   [1] Not to mention that most users wouldn't know what the fsck that   
   *is*, let alone install and configure one.   
      
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