network newbie question

[Wei-Yee Chan]

Patton Echols wrote:
> When I converted my office to static IPs
I thought U were on DHCP?

> it was because I bought a new 
> copier, which can also be a network printer, and network scanner,  The 
> last part it needed static IP to send scans to.  So there's lots of reasons.
>   
Yes, if U have a network printer-copier-scanner, it would certainly
require a static IP.  Whenever a technician comes to install a new
network printer-copier-scanner for my clients, he'll ask me for an
available IP.

> Sure.  and even though my home net is not a perfect performer, it's been 
> pretty good.  But in light of your comments about things that can go 
> wrong, I'm re-thinking whether any of the minor annoyances I've had 
> could be resolved by static IPs.  So I appreciate the insight.  Thanks.
What sort of "minor annoyances" are U referring to?  I'm not too sure
about your network structure, but for commonly accessed machines like
file servers, it helps to fix the IP.  When U give a machine a static
IP, and enter the machine name and IP into your client computers' hosts
file, U are helping with the name resolution.  As a static IP doesn't
change, your client computers (on their own) will know exactly where to
go all the time.

Take note that I'm not suggesting that U assign a static IP to every one
of your computers.  What I do is fix some IPs but leave the rest on DHCP.

Regards,

Wei-Yee Chan
http://chanweiyee.blogspot.com


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