Scope wrote:[color=blue]
> Ivor Jones wrote:[color=green]
>> "Ian Pawson" <ian@ipawson.com> wrote in message
>> news:fIW5h.10809$yz3.7713@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net
>>
>> [snip]
>>[color=darkred]
>>> Ah! The wonders of dhcp. To be avoided whenever possible.[/color]
>>
>> Why..? It has its uses. Never had any problems with it myself.
>>
>> Ivor
>>
>>[/color]
> 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.[/color]
Under windoze my router does name resolution so I can access the ATA by
name (sipura in my case) rather than by ip address. However, if you need
to put ports through your firewall for any application/server then dchp
is deadly. Most routers will serve up the same ip address to the same
mac address, however, this can't always be relied on. It takes a bit
more effort to use static addresses, but it is worth it.