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Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 19:09:56 -0500
From: Tony Lawrence <tony@aplawrence.com>
Subject: Re: Ethernet Terminals, DHCP and printing References: <8947fc5.0111070948.95c8c5e@posting.google.com> <20011107185117.GC1387@jpradley.jpr.com> <hYiG7.6779$35.802405@iguano.antw.online.be> <20011107233430.GL1387@jpradley.jpr.com>

Jean-Pierre Radley wrote:

> And why use DHCP at all, instead of fixed IP numbers for machines with
> printers attached, especially since these machines are going to surely
> remain in the same physical location in your offices, and not move to a
> different floor or a different building.

Well, because there's more to DHCP than just assigning IP addresees. 
There's a LOT of stuff that can be assigned, including default gateways
and DNS info- stuff that's annoying and time consuming to put in
initially and to change if necessary.  I'm mostly thinking of Windows
here of course.

--
Tony Lawrence
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