What is the difference between an alias and a static IP address? Not sure what you mean. If you're referring to the bit about binding MAC to an address, I shou

What is the difference between an alias and a static IP address? Not sure what you mean. If you're referring to the bit about binding MAC to an address, I should probably have said "fixed IP" rather than "static IP", sorry about that. Also don't most routers attempt to give IPs back to the MAC that last had them? I'm hopping between different networks (with different DHCP servers) quite a lot, maybe it's less useful when you're always on the same network.