Should i use static or dhcp

[NICETOBNICE]

Hi guys i have lots of devices in my house connected wirelessly and wired .

My question is should i set them to static or let the router give them an adress ?

[SpiKed]

Use DHCP for everything I don't see the point in manually assigning IP addresses.
Some people will use static for things like printers and bridges but that's just personal preferences

[GastonJ]

Even from a DHCP server you can assign a static IP address to a particular MAC address anyway, for instance in the case of printers.

[mtv1]

thanks to the author :)

I have worked in installations where both regimes were used. My personal preference is for DHCP for all client devices. Static IP for all resource devices.

Client devices (think user end points) include:

Desktops,
Laptops,
Thin Clients, etc.

Resource devices (thiink underlying infrastructure) include:

Servers,
Printer,
Routers,
Switches, etc

This in my opinion ensures that users can actively gain an IP address, in any location, expecially where laptop users roam around, to do what they need to do.

Obviously you have to design and manage your scopes well to ensure that you do not run out of IP addresses. But again this all comes down to designing your network correctly to ensure that static devices have their own IP range, and the client end points have their own IP range appropriate to the size of the organisation and its projected growth.

Security

Security is not really handled by either having DHCP or static addresses. A better means to do this is to record allowed MAC addresses and then have the network provide security and handle the layer 1 authentication. You can find out more about this by researching VMPS.

Someone on this forum more knowledgeale than I might be able to step up and answer your question as they'll have more details and experience on this than I.

Yours sincerely

Andrew Martin