12Oct/111
Pros and cons DHCP vs Static IP for a home wireless and wired network.?
Question by John Dull est: Pros and cons DHCP vs Static IP for a home wireless and wired network.?
I have a Wireless Linksys router and use some wired desktops and wireless/wired notebooks plus plan on pluggin in a Slingbox.
Is it best to set my router to enable DHCP or to set it maually?
Best answer:
Answer by Bobby_420
I keep DHCP enabled, but some of my computers I assign a static IP to. Why? Because I like to know the specific IP for my desktop and my wifes desktop. Sometime I need that to access it over the network and do not want it changing all the time. Other than that I do not know of any benefits of speed or anything. Just personal preference.
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October 12th, 2011 - 18:45
It depends..
DCHP Pros
Once you set it up correctly you won’t have to go to each new computer you join to your network. Easy to maintain..
Cons.
-Anyone can be associated along
-Sometimes if your DCHP server (router) gets too busy you might suffer problems of re-association and that would cause problems
Static Addressing:
Pros:
More control (some Applications will have trouble with dynamic IP)
Cons:
You should do it by manually (making sure you have the IP , gateway, network mask set as correct) for every new device you plug in.
I would recommend Static IP assignment (if you have a limited number of devices and don’t change frequently), you can even add some more security with it (create an access control list of allowed IPs only within your router for example), besides browsing around the network neighborhood would be less problematic with network shares and so on.