XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: cariadmenywod@gmail.com   
      
   In , Dave Doe   
   suggested:   
      
   > The DHCP server should have a lease time; a day, a week.  What is the   
   > result of an ipconfig /all?  Can you post that here?  It would be useful   
   > if we could see that.   
      
      
   The lease looks like it's a 24-hour lease from this output.   
   Do you concur?   
      
   Here is a snippet of the ipconfig /all on Windows:   
      
   Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:   
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :   
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller   
     Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-22-F3-AA-D1   
     Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes   
     Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes   
     IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.235   
     Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0   
     Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1   
     DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1   
     DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1   
     Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, April 13, 2017 2:12:54 AM   
     Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, April 14, 2017 2:12:44 AM   
      
   > And what is the router/modem (the device with DHCP)?  You could assign a   
   > DHCP reservation in it, probably.  (Most newer router/modems support   
   > reservations.   
      
   Based on the advice from this thread, I will probably set up the router   
   to hand out addresses outside the range of what the phones are set up as.   
      
   It has been working so well without that, that I haven't had the need   
   to do that yet.   
      
   > (Microsoft do it beautifully in their server DHCP server software - you   
   > just right-click on any IP in it's list of assignments and 'reserve   
   > it' - job done, it's now in the Reservations list - no looking up fucken   
   > MAC numbers :) Don't do Linux DHCP servers, but I imagine it's a lovely   
   > command line thing :) )   
      
   Linux is pretty good nowadays with setup. I just set up a printer, and   
   it went surprisingly easily (much much much easier than it was to set   
   up that same printer on Windows 10 since Windows 10 doesn't seem to   
   natively support my older HP Laserjet 2100 so I had to run a temporary   
   Windows 10 update (which gets blown away the moment you leave the   
   setup screen!) so it took me a few tries to get it into my head that   
   Windows 10 makes it absolutely miserable if you don't know the exact   
   secret sequence to update an older printer driver).   
      
   By way of contrast, on Ubuntu, the printer was working before I   
   even knew it (much like this Android static IP setup was).   
      
   Sometimes Android and Linux are just too easy!   
      
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