Weird network problem

[Reindl Harald]

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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