DHCP just assigns - it has no idea what else you are doing -
that's why I said to reset the rangle.... it's kinda dumb for the Netgear default to assign the entire IP range to DHCP
Also - don't overlap DHCP servers by having more than 1 server assigning in the same IP range.
Depends, some (many?) can be set to do conflict detection.
George wrote in news:hm9a6s$i9l$ snipped-for-privacy@news.eternal-september.org:
......hence the *most likely* wrong and the disclaimer about not being familiar with every device the offers DHCP!
Regardless (no, not irregardless) of whether or not any DHCP server does do conflict detection, it should still be set up with a proper scope. A device with a static IP that is in-scope may not be attached to the network (or powered down) when the DHCP server does the conflict detection anyway.
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