On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 09:33:24 +0100, Joe wrote: > I was assuming someone setting up a server of some kind would not be > running a DHCP client, which of course can be done with a reservation, > but it's another potential point of failure that a fixed address > configuration doesn't have.
I've seen it done both ways. In a lot of environments, even server IP addresses are assigned by DHCP (with a reservation so that the same address is issued every time). This gives the benefit of central address management.
