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I work at an ISP and setup both static and dhcp services. Statics take far more work and management than dhcp, ignoring the scarcity problem. We make you pay mo
by eppp 6y ago
I work at an ISP and setup both static and dhcp services. Statics take far more work and management than dhcp, ignoring the scarcity problem. We make you pay more because you are requesting something that requires both documentation and management on a home connection.
Id be glad to give them away for free but it is all downside for us and over 99% of residential customers dont want one to start with.
I think we have 3 residential customers out of 1500 that have statics.
- wernercd 6y agoAfter having read some of the articles on it (including the two listed), the mechanics are something that are probably a lot more intensive to manage than I figured initially. Changing DHCP is a couple changes and then... wait. Changing hard coded paths and all that... I'm actually glad I don't deal with that stuff on a day to day... but I like learning about it.
- m463 6y agoun-ignoring the scarcity problem, when I've gotten a static IP I would usually get a block of 8 and they would waste the 0 for network and 7 for broadcast. I've wondered why they didn't just give you 8 usable addresses. (or if I set up my own router could I just use the all?)