Re: Does an IP from DHCP server/router always overwrite an already existing fixed local IP ?

A computer on a fixed IP address should never send out a DHCP request - that only happens if a computer is configured to use DHCP. A router or DHCP server cannot force a client to accept an IP address - it won't even offer one unless the computer requests one.


"Steven Prasil" <gprasil@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:44771a1f$0$11079$9b4e6d93@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Assume I assign a fixed IP to my local computer. My local computer in turn is
connected through in-house LAN to a router which acts as well as a DHCP server.
Both (local computer and router) are within the same subnet: 192.168.1.50 and 192.168.1.1)

Does the DHCP server in the router recognize the already existing fixed IP and
avoids a new assignment (of a dynamic IP) ?

Or does a DHCP server ALWAYS generate new IPs and force his clients to accept the new IP ?

Steven

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