> > - Dynamic address: Customer connects PC (defaults to DHCP) or router/ > > firewall with DHCP for the WAN interface plus NAT for the LAN side. > > Necessary configuration: Small to none. > > DHCP doesn't imply dynamic address. It implies customer doesn't have to > configure an address him/herself. DHCP can very well always hand out the > same address every time.
Absolutely, and in our network it does - in most cases. However, ensuring that DHCP hands out a *real* static address every time, in the face of non SP controlled CPEs, changing MAC addresses etc is non-trivial. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sth...@nethelp.no
