I tend to make a dividing line. Servers and switches get hard coded IPs, but not in the DHCP range. Printers I don't mind making reservations in DHCP. Steve Comeau IT Manager Rutgers Athletics 83 Rockafeller Road Piscataway, NJ 08854 732-445-7802 732-445-4623 (fax) www.scarletknights.com From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nathan Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:34 AM To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [isalist] OT: DHCP and static addresses To you network guys out there... When you give a device a static address, be it a server, switch, printer etc., do you think it is better to hardcode the address into the device or allocate the address using DHCP and the MAC address. Thanks Nathan *** This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. Rutgers University - DIA, 83 Rockafeller Road, Piscataway, NJ www.scarletknights.com ***