Hi! I’m studying and it says that it’s better to have a static IP address for a printer when a power outage occurs since the printer can come back up faster with static ip then a dynamic.
Why is static better?
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In my use case, let’s say I have 4 sites with a different IP range at each site. I also have a number of desktop printers, MFPs and let’s say 60 network attached label printers. For me static IPs are cancerous wastes of time. To create a new printer on my print server I can add the printer using its hostname, which is available on the box and then send it where it needs to go, to any site, regardless of IP range. Someone will unbox it, plug it into the network and it will start working.
The key is to correctly link DHCP with DNS, so that when a device IP changes, the server which helps resolve names to IP addresses is also made aware.
Tldr: Static is not better
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