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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I wouldn’t say static is “better”, especially not because of the scenario of it coming up faster after a power outage.
The scenario where dynamic fails is if your devices have the printer configured by IP address. If the IP address changes, then you run into problems. This is most likely to occur after a power outage, but could happen at other times if the printer is powered off for an extended period and has its lease expire.
These days though, most OS’s discover and add network printers by hostname. The printer can hop all over the network.
For an enterprise environment though, you want static printer IPs for management purposes. Basically anything running 24/7, you want to plan for the IPs so you can better manage your network. Maybe you specifically subnet your printers, or maybe you specifically subnet different office locations and the printer is on a specific IP of the subnet for each office. But if you configure a static IP on the printer itself, then you have to physically go to the printer to change anything on it. Most companies would just assign pre-reserved DHCP addresses instead these days.
Also, the use case of “the printer can come back up faster after a power outage” is ludicrous. Unless your printer is an industrial printer printing something like drivers licenses or passports, then the lead in time is kind of negligible. How often are you even experiencing a power failure, and is your #1 priority to start printing again ASAP?
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