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Static IP address or reserved IP address?
Hello: I have a new R7000 router and a new IP security camera system. The cameras record to a NAS (WD MyCloud) on the same network, after the IP address of the NAS has been input to the camera s...
It has the same end result. It allows you to manage the device from a central place (router), rather than having to set up a static IP in the device, as well as making sure the router doesn't hand it out to another device.
Most devices by default use DHCP (or in simple terms, get IP address automatically).
My devices keep the same IP using "reserved" IP addresses. I did give my printer a static of .200 I did this by limiting the DHCP server to .2~.199 IP range and then setting the printer IP manually to .200
Thanks. So the "reserved" address approach results in the same thing? (It's just quicker and easier than going through the static IP address setup)
It has the same end result. It allows you to manage the device from a central place (router), rather than having to set up a static IP in the device, as well as making sure the router doesn't hand it out to another device.
Most devices by default use DHCP (or in simple terms, get IP address automatically).
Thanks, great!
Keep in mind that there is a limit to the number of address reservations. I forget the exact number. I think it's between one and two dozen. There's no such limit with static addresses.
Address reservations has the added benefit of communicating the DNS server addresses to the client. With static addresses, DNS server addresses must be configured.
