Why is adding a new Ubuntu PC to an existing LAN such a pain?

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Am Sonntag, den 21.01.2007, 00:08 +0000 schrieb Bob Adams:
> >Adding machines to a network without DHCP is _always a pain :) Is there
> >a special reason why you use static addresses?
> >
> Because I do not have a DHCP server and also because I want to use the
> same addresses as my Windows PC's.

Eh? What do you mean?