DHCP protocol actively avoids specifying a policy - that is for the system administrator. It defines three 'mechanisms' for allocation [0]: * automatic == pe

DHCP protocol actively avoids specifying a policy - that is for the system administrator. It defines three 'mechanisms' for allocation [0]: * automatic == permanent address * dynamic == finite (time-limited) and possibly re-assignable to a different client * manual == assigned by system administrator (and simply conveyed by DHCP) Static leases outside any 'pool' are "manual" allocations. [0] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2131#section-1 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2131#section-1