Comments on: dhcp

By: rklanke

rklanke — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:30:54 +0000

Assuming that DHCP is in charge is a drawback. People tend to forget that local IP configuration settings override the settings DHCP delivers. If you that you were managing IP configurations by managing DHCP … well, no. Anyone who thinks they know better can explicitly specify their own IP address, DNS server or list of domains (for example).

By: technochic

technochic — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:15:54 +0000

Reserving addresses in DHCP for static IP’s is also helpful so if the device with a reserved IP goes off-line no other device will pick up that IP.

By: snapper70

snapper70 — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:00:16 +0000

Typically, assign fixed resources (i.e. printers, servers, network equipment) fixed addresses; and let all the client machines (laptops / desktops / movile devices) use DHCP. Just remember to set up your DHCP scope(s) to stay away from these fixed-resource address ranges.

By: robert stewart

robert stewart — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:23:51 +0000

The biggest drawback would be DHCP are leased IP’s and subject to change, this is a problem if you want to network stuff together, machines need to know that certain devices can always be reached at certain IP’s, such as servers, network printers, network storage etc. etc. Other than that there are benefits to both static and dynamic ips.