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

"micky" <[email protected]> wrote in message 
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> Is a Static network connection more static than Auto?
>
> 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?

I think you're not asking the right question.  Its not about that printer 
forgetting its settings, but if its DHCP request (for an IP) is answered. 
If not, than either it can't be part of the network, or APIPA kicks in and 
loads a earlier provided "fall back" IP.

But yes, setting a static IP should result in the printer not "forgetting" 
its IP settings.

> ... my version of Forte Agent is from 2002.  Since I save all
> the posts, a new post in an old thread will be many, many pages
> up from the page I'm looking at this week.)

I'm still using Outlook Express 6.  The above problem is why I have not set 
it to display grouped by subject, but instead just show all messages in 
chronological order.  All I than have to do is to start at the message at 
the top of the list and work my way down to the last read one.

The only reason I sometimes switch to grouped by subject is to see where the 
parentof a certain message is.   Alas, OE6 is not smart enough to remember 
which message was selected when I switch over (and unfold the subtree and 
hilite the same message in subject view), so its cumbersome. :-\

> *** I would think BRAdminLight would work with all printers and
> all networks unless Brother went out of their way to require a
> Brother printer.

If you talk to a person wearing headphones and he doesn't appear to listen 
to you, would you than come to the conclusion that *you* "went out of their" 
to be incompatible with them ?  The same applies here.

It works because that Brother printer has got some extra software which 
likely listens for some specific LAN broadcasts coming from that 
BRAdminLight software.

IOW, its not that that BRAdminLight can't be used for other printers too, 
but that those other printers simply do not listen to/for what BRAdminLight 
tries to tell them.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser