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[James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Anders Johansson wrote:
> On Monday 15 October 2007 00:43:26 James Knott wrote:
>   
>> A static address, where the computer is manually configured with an
>> address does not require a dhcp server.  This is different from when the
>> dhcp server is configured to reserve a specific IP for a given MAC
>> address.  In this situation, a computer will always have the same IP,
>> even though dhcp is used.
>>     
>
> "static" means "unchanging", it doesn't mean "written in a text file somewhere 
> on the local computer".
>
> A static IP can be handed out by a dhcp server. You're right of course that it 
> doesn't *require* a dhcp server, but then no one said it did
>
> Anders
>
>   
While "static" means unchanging, in a computer network context a static
address is one that's manually configured on the computer, as opposed to
DHCP, which requires a server.  That server can then be configured to
always assign the same address or use the next available.

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