XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , Frank Slootweg   
    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!   
      
   no straw man.   
      
   >   He didn't say he's interested in "static IPs" (plural), he's talking   
   > about a *single* static IP.   
      
   word games.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   it's not overkill. dns makes using all devices, not just one or two,   
   much easier. it's also trivial to set up, if it isn't already, which it   
   probably is.   
      
   > [1] Not to mention that most users wouldn't know what the fsck that   
   > *is*, let alone install and configure one.   
      
   and yet they'll know how to configure a static ip?   
      
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