pgrezelak: "... I personally recommend a fixed IP address if you can get one. ..."

One other option depending, as you say, on the administrative environment, and depending on the DHCP server, would be a hard-wired, MAC-based reservation with no expiration. Same effect as a static for your purposes, but it makes some DHCP admins happier from a book keeping standpoint.

Jim
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