static vs Dynamic IP

[garymansperger]

I have been up now for a couple years. I have started with a full "C" of static IP addresses and have been giving each new client one static. I have the radios on a private range of addresses. i.e. I use 172.16.37.xx for the radios and yyy.yyy.yyy.xxx for the public IP where xxx is the same - one for the radio and one for the client.
I have now used up a lot of the static IP addresses and am thinking about the future.
What do you guys do? Are you using static or dynamic? or both?

Gary

[WHT]

Dynamic IP assignment to the clients can be a nightmare to backtrack should you be called by the authorities to track an IP addy down. Plus you can run into the router not releasing an address if its not being used.

I prefer static, you can always set up more routers to create more nets.

[mohave_steve]

I would agree. Setup networks using private class IPs (10.x.x.x etc) and NAT to one public IP.

My experience runs much more to wired network but I wouldn't expect wireless to behave differently in this area. I use DHCP with IP reservations. I reserve an IP for a particular MAC address. When that device connects to the network the DHCP server assigns it its reserved IP address. That way I can assign specific IPs to specific users. Client setup is a no-brainer (DHCP) and I can change thier assigned IP from the DHCP server. As far as the DHCP server failing to release an address, I do have it happen occasionally. While managing a 300 user network I saw that issue at least 2-3 times a year.

[garymansperger]

I have had to track down on person that was sharing files. Having static made it easy.

However moving them to dynamic makes setup so easy. They plug in there router and away they go.
I expect to max out my market before getting to 300 but could use most of the C I current have.

[mohave_steve]

Gary,

if you are able to use DHCP reservations you get (IMHO) the best of both worlds. The ease of client setup using DHCP and the control of having the same IP allways assigned to the same client.

[mohave_steve]

I was looking at the DD-WRT site and see that this feature is supported & called "Static DHCP"

[agasociados]

if pretty much easier to setup a customer conexion. I start wondering if I move to static IP address as the net is growing. Now I m managing 200 customers but it suppose to double next year.
is it better to keep on using dynamic ??

[WHT]

Its a moot point as all of YOUR IP address will be assigned from your router and not associated or limited by the WWW pool of addresses.

"No one will ever need more that 640 K of RAM" <-- Billie Gates, circa from the years he looked like a geek

[gmidia]

if you have clients who are on contract ie monthly subscription i would prefer Statis Ips but in a case where you have Hotspots then dynamic is the way out.

[gmidia]

if you have clients who are on contract ie monthly subscription i would prefer Statis Ips but in a case where you have Hotspots then dynamic is the way out.