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Re: Home Network Ip Address Question

From SH <i.love@spam.com>
Newsgroups uk.comp.homebuilt
Subject Re: Home Network Ip Address Question
Date 2026-06-11 20:35 +0100
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On 11/06/2026 19:32, SH wrote:
> On 11/06/2026 17:28, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>
>> My new TP-Net Omada DR3650v-4G router appears to have a bit more 
>> functionality than the Plusnet Modem 2.
>>
>> One is the ability to reserve IP addresses by MAC. In terms of 
>> performance is there likely to be a difference between allocating 
>> fixed IP addresses to my key PCs and the NAS and using DHCP with a 
>> reserved address?
>>
> 
> 
> I use static IPs on devices that I need to access from outside the 
> house, so that's my house alarm, CCTV, NASes, DNS, Wireguard, OpenVPN 
> and the main router.
> 
> if I have dynamic IP on teh above devices, the various apps on my phone 
> and tablets get confused quickly!
> 


its because some devices do not allow the entering of a host name and/or 
the app won't let you enter the host name so entering local host names 
to my hosts files on the two DNS does not work.... :-(

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Home Network Ip Address Question "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2026-06-11 16:28 +0000
  Re: Home Network Ip Address Question Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-11 17:36 +0100
  Re: Home Network Ip Address Question SH <i.love@spam.com> - 2026-06-11 19:32 +0100
    Re: Home Network Ip Address Question SH <i.love@spam.com> - 2026-06-11 20:35 +0100
  Re: Home Network Ip Address Question Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2026-06-11 22:08 +0100

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