[X4U] IP address on local network

[Dave Bonhoff]

Maybe my earlier reply didn't get to you, so here is the important bit:

"...from a practical point it is better to leave your Macs set with  
their default network settings, and manage the network from the  
router. It means not having to change settings on a notebook every  
time it leaves the premises, and being able to manage the network from  
one device (that has a decent utility or web interface)."

Those are the 2 reasons I used when deciding how to manage my network.  
As more and more networked devices are entering our lives, having a  
single interface to manage them all from is a welcome relief. And  
every router that I've used has prevented one from making silly  
mistakes, like assigning the same IP to different machines...

Regards,
Dave

On 26-Apr-09, at 23:52, Daly Jessup wrote:

> I asked:
>
>>>>> Static IPs allow us to set up access to our home network from  
>>>>> remote computers, with ports forwarded to local IP addresses  
>>>>> that will not be changing now and then.  But when a visitor  
>>>>> comes to our home and tries to connect to our local network,  
>>>>> they will be able to get an IP address by DHCP without my having  
>>>>> to know their MAC address.
>>>
>>> To tell the truth, I'm not very savvy with these things, and don't  
>>> understand what the difference would be between having Network  
>>> Pref Pane use DHCP with manual IP assignment, or having the router  
>>> reserve IP addresses by MAC address.
>
> I wanted to know what is the advantage of using reserved IP  
> addresses at the router based on MAC addresses vs. manually  
> assigning  IP addresses in the Network Pref Pane (DHCP with manual  
> address assignments).
>
> Neil gave me an answer about why it's good to have permanent  
> addresses.
>
> I do understand why it's good to have permanent IP addresses. I  
> still don't understand why it might be preferable to do it at the  
> router with reservations based on MAC address, vs. setting up manual  
> IP addresses in the Network pref pane.
>
> Can someone clarify?
>
> Daly
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