Am 29.05.2013 22:14, schrieb Timothy Murphy: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >>>> Timothy Murphy: >>>>> Sorry, I mis-read the query. >>>>> I was thinking of a DHCP server >>>> >>>> The same basic answer still stands: A DHCP server, by default, doles >>>> out dynamic IPs. >>> >>> I agree that dhcp by default gives an IP address in a given range on a >>> LAN. But I don't think this is what is normally meant by "dynamic IP". >> >> Actually it gives out addresses on any kind of network, not just a LAN. > > You all seem to be finding it difficult to follow my meaning. > I'm saying that the term "dynamic IP" is normally used > to refer to an ISP giving the same client different IP addresses > at different times, in order to to limit the number of address required. > Whether or not that is done using dhcp is irrelevant to this point
it is *not* because this is a *technical* forum the terms "dynamic IP" and "static IP" have *always* the same context, even *inside* a LAN and nothing else matters in a *technical* discussion
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