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

On 1/2/2023 10:28 AM, R.Wieser wrote:
> "Paul" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On 1/2/2023 6:55 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> ...
>>> micky, please do set an static network at the physical printer.
>>
>> That used to be the more or less defacto advice long ago.
> 
> Could you explain why it was the defacto advice for a printer, but (I
> assume) not for computers ?  What made up the difference ?
> 
> Regards,
> Rudy Wieser
> 

Probably because network discovery didn't work properly.

If it had a fixed address, you had more options for
fiddling the HOSTS file and so on. Or sticking an IP
address in a dialog.

Dynamic addresses work fine, if the client computers
have a protocol to locate where the services are hiding.
There have been multiple attempts to do that.

When we worked on our OS at work, our service discovery
worked, and there was never a problem finding the printer.
My memory is so shot now, I can't remember how you sent
a print job on that. (No, it wasn't lpr.) We used to print
around 2000 sheets a day on our printer (four packs of paper).
We were print-crazed individuals back then. And that's
because of the state of graphics at the time.

    Paul