Static IP address assignments [WAS Re: NIC Settings for IBM Thinkpad T30 / wired & wireless]

[Derek Broughton]

Res wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Michael R. Head wrote:
> 
>> That's fine, but most users are getting their host configuration via
>> DHCP, so going the static address assignment puts you in a small class
>> of users. That's OK, but the tools are built around the "easy way".
> 
> You can not sit there and tell us that is fact when you have no clue if it
> is or not, most Linux users that I've ever come across always setup
> static IP's, about 2% of teh people I've dealt with use DHCP.

Of course he has a clue.  Your assertion is just plain nuts!  If 98% of
computer users were using static IPs, we'd have run out of IPV4 addresses a
decade ago.  Almost everybody uses DHCP because _we have to_.  And even if
you want to configure a local LAN with static private IPs, Michael is
absolutely correct that it's easier to do it by configuring the DHCP
server.
-- 
derek