I currently use dynamically assigned IP addresses with my Netgear router but I'm thinking of trying static IP addresses. By doing this I hope to avoid NFS file sharing problems after a power failure.

When the power goes out, my router switches IP addresses around forcing me to restart my computers in a fixed sequence to get back their original IP addresses.

My home network is pretty basic:

PC#1
ethernet card 192.168.1.2
wifi card 192.168.1.3

PC#2
ethernet card x.x.x.x
wifi card 192.168.1.4

Chromecast x.x.x.x

Router 192.168.1.1

ISP TWC

I do file sharing between PC#1 (192.168.1.2) & PC#2 (192.168.1.4).
I do not use the Chromecast device & it is disconnected.

Do you think static IP addresses will be good for me or am I asking for trouble?

Thank you for reading this post ---STAN

I see nothing to take exception to.

I'd use xxx.xxx.xxx.5, xxx.xxx.xxx.10, xx.xxx.xxx.15, but that's just a matter of personal preference.

Most routers built in DHCP server has the capability to assign an IP address. Its basically a static IP address but less effort since you don't have to mess with the clients configuration files which depends on distribution. Although it looks like you have an older router since your IP addresses are assigned in numerical order.

There sure is a few ways to go on this to find local resources. At one time I'd think most folks used static and many still do.

This is similar to what I do (I think) and michaelk suggests. https://fatmin.com/2017/03/07/asus-r...-home-devices/

Basically the router lives on DHCP but takes your input of mac addresses and keeps the dynamic ip assignment reserved for the devices you select to keep same. It can fail once in a great while too.

I use a combination of static and dynamic addresses on my home network. Cell phones, Roku, etc are DHCP since as long as they can talk, address doesn't matter. File server, access point, network printer, etc are static since I only manage things from 2 machines and rarely add static devices-- maintaining a few hosts files that change once every 2-3 years isn't much work. I define a range for static addresses and dynamic. I just configure my DHCP server to only lease addresses in the dhcp range.

Example:

static: 192.168.0.1-192.168.0.50
dhcp: 192.168.0.51-254

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+1 to tyler2016's comments.
I use static IPs for the networked printer and this desktop ('cause it's also a backup for my production server). All other hardware is dynamic. I used to assign static IPs to everything with my old router, because its DHCP server kept flaking out, but the new router doesn't have that problem...