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[Frank Bax]

At 09:15 AM 4/20/06, Ritchie, Josiah S. wrote:



> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Christiansource-bounces at ofb.biz [mailto:Christiansource-
> > bounces at ofb.biz] On Behalf Of Bradly McConnell
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 11:11 PM
> > To: A Christian virtual Free Software and Linux Users Group.
> > Subject: Re: [CS-FSLUG] OT: router features
> >
> > > Frank Bax wrote:
> > > > I'm looking for a consumer router with DHCP features that LinkSys
>and
> > > > D-Link do not provide.  Does anyone know of a product line that
>can
> > meet
> > > > the following requirement?
> >
> >
> > Why not just use static IPs?  That, or you could set up a DHCP server
> > on another system, and disable the DHCP server on the router itself.
> > As long is it is the default gateway or route, things should still
> > work fine.
>
>Leaving these IPs as dynamic leases eases management by maintaining a
>mostly standardized workstation. There is less to remember about
>odd-ball configurations and thus reduces the chance that a co-worker who
>doesn't know the machine is unique will mess up the config. Also, this
>will break in a way that will lead to the problem easily. The
>alternative would be more confusing.


There's another reason - as I explained in my first email.  When client is 
configured with static ip address, manual config of dns servers is also 
required.  For most ISP's this is not a problem, but through experience 
I've noticed that ISP used at this location does indeed change ip address 
of DNS server occasionally (once yearly or less), and I don't want a 
"surprise" like that many months from now.