XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article , Pascal Hambourg   
    wrote:   
      
   > >> How does setting a static IP on a linux Android mobile device prevent the   
   > >> linux router from assigning that IP address to another device?   
   > >   
   > > It doesn't   
   >   
   >  From dhcpd.conf manpage :   
   > ========================================================================   
   > IP ADDRESS CONFLICT PREVENTION   
   > The DHCP server checks IP addresses to see if they are in use before   
   > allocating them to clients. It does this by sending an ICMP Echo request   
   > message to the IP address being allocated. If no ICMP Echo reply is   
   > received within a second, the address is assumed to be free.   
   > ========================================================================   
   >   
   > Of course this works only if the device with the static address is   
   > online and replies to ICMP echo (aka ping) requests.   
      
   it only works if the dhcp server does that. not all do. most do not.   
      
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