Ivor Jones wrote:[color=blue]
> "Ian Pawson" <ian@ipawson.com> wrote in message
> news:fIW5h.10809$yz3.7713@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net
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> [snip]
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>> Ah! The wonders of dhcp. To be avoided whenever possible.[/color]
>
> Why..? It has its uses. Never had any problems with it myself.
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> Ivor
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I would strongly recommend anything that runs as a server (ftp, web,
etc) to have a static IP address. It stops you having to look for the ip
every time new ip addresses are issued (and they get a different IP
address), and also would stop any port forwarding being messed up
whenever they change.

The ATA would function correctly as you probably dont have any ports
forwarded to it, and the STUN server maintains its connection on the
internet (if I have understood it right), but you will get the same
problem again in the future if it gets a new ip address.

Its great for clients though, as it saves you having to maintain ip
addresses manually.