On Wed Dec 06, 2006 at 11:59:42 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: ><quote who="O Plameras"> > >> For a long time, I had wanted to ask: why use DHCP in home networks >> when one can use STATIC ip (using private network ip addresses)? > >> Just curious to know, why. > >Because DHCP makes your network "just work" and doesn't inflict the need to >understand IP addresses and subnets on unsuspecting users. Hooray for little >home network routers that do all of this out of the box. No mucking around.
And also when moving between networks with a laptop it makes life much easier to just have everywhere use dhcp. Cheers, Benno -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
