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

On 1/2/2023 11:36 AM, R.Wieser wrote:
> "Paul" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On 1/2/2023 10:28 AM, R.Wieser wrote:
> 
>>> Could you explain why it was the defacto advice for a printer, but (I
>>> assume) not for computers ?  What made up the difference ?
>>
>> Probably because network discovery didn't work properly.
> 
> That was the only thing I could think of myself and why I asked for the
> difference between the two.  IOW : Why the "for a printer" destinction and
> not "for any networked device" ?
> 
> Regards,
> Rudy Wieser

I think the device types, have varied in their ability to work properly.

You would think that network discovery would be seamless, and the
devices would all behave the same and have the same reliability.
That's not my impression.

There have been so many failures of stuff to work over the years,
I'm not really in a position to offer odds on which thing was
"most broken". Stuff is still broken today (Win11 file sharing
being an example), and they never fix anything, just change the
broken symptom set. If you can't get networking to work
properly today, connect the cable from the Windows 11 machine last.
The network will come up, if the old OSes are allowed to browse
and elect, without the Win11 machine taking control and ruining things.

    Paul