Re: Is a Static network connection more static than Auto?

Am 02.01.2023 um 00:21:51 Uhr schrieb micky:

> If I set a printer's network IP address, network mask, and Gateway and
> mark it STATIC, does that make it less likely that the printer will
> forget what the settings are?   Less likely than if it was done with
> AUTO/APIPA or DHCP? 

You need to distinguish between IPv4 and IPv6.
IPv4 offers you static addressing. That means the address will be the
same - every time the interface comes up. DHCP means that there must be
a DHCPv4 server that give you an address. If no one is reachable, it
can use APIPA to create an address from 169.254.0.0/16, but your
computer also needs to know that this net is on the ethernet link.
I don't recommend APIPA.

For IPv6, the autoconfig exists and it will create a link-local address
from fe80::/64 automatically when the NIC comes up - no DHCP nor router
required. The autoconfig of the GUA is also normal - parallel to the
link-local address. Don't set IPv6 static until you have a fixed prefix
from your ISP.


PS: See Follow-UP to comp.periphs.printers!