Depends, some (many?) can be set to do conflict detection.
recommendations for wireless access point that does this...
Feb 24, 2010
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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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