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class=104185110-04042007>Scenario:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=104185110-04042007>I set up a network
of 7 or 8 Win-Test laptops on a wireless network via a Wireless Access
Point with 'DHCP Server' enabled.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=104185110-04042007>The router's IP
start address for dynamic allocation is 192.168.0.100</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=104185110-04042007>The WT laptops do
NOT have static IP addresses, they have Dynamic allocation of IP
configured.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=104185110-04042007>Ethernet is enabled
on each laptop with the same broadcast address and port number. Each station
number is different.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=104185110-04042007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=104185110-04042007>What will the
consequence be of not setting fixed IP addresses on the laptops? (yes, I know
the manual states you should use a static address!)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=104185110-04042007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=104185110-04042007>As far as I can work
out, my router always allocates 192.168.0.* - will the network run quite
happily?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=104185110-04042007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=104185110-04042007>What if I need to
reboot a laptop and it grabs a new unique IP address, within the
192.168.0.* range, on startup ?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=104185110-04042007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=104185110-04042007>Am I inviting
trouble if I do not set the IP addresses as FIXED?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=104185110-04042007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=104185110-04042007>Thanks</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=104185110-04042007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=104185110-04042007>John
G4IRN.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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