You can do static and DHCP together.
Your router runs the DHCP server, and if you select "obtain an IP automatically" then it will ask the DHCP server for an IP. The DHCP server will typically assign IPs from a pool of about 50 or 100. You want to set the Media Server up with a static IP on your LAN side as the DHCP server will give out the gateway IP as well, which you don't want.
You can have all the machines in your house run as static IP, and then still have your DHCP server running on either of your routers for when your friends come over. That's what I have here.
Edit: I'm talking about my version, not Spblue's
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Last edited by Perineum; March 15, 2010 at 06:05 PM.
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