On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:00:49 +0100 Joachim Schipper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake:
> > >- DHCP is not generally useful, unless you implement ... > > > > Do you usually assign static IPs? > > Yes, on a small LAN such as this - why not? It cuts out one bad idea > (DHCP), and does not have any disadvantages I can see. Except maybe that > you need to update the DNS server(s) on all the Windows boxes if it > changes. And yes, that's happened to me... One note on this I have run into... If you work at home and at the office on a portable, then having DHCP running helps you transition from one network to another (no changing IP's). But other than that...