[mythtv-users] Static IP vs. DHCP
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org
Thu Dec 27 00:13:48 UTC 2007
David Brodbeck wrote:
> On Dec 26, 2007, at 12:49 PM, Brian Wood wrote:
>> Sounds like a great single point of total failure :-)
>
> Yes, but it's also a great single point of configuration. ;) I accept
> the tradeoff because the machine I'm running it on is always on and is
> quite stable, and keeping the /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf files on
> all the individual machines in sync was becoming annoying.
The universal dilemma: security vs. convenience vs. reliability. There
is no correct answer except what works for you, as long as you
understand the tradeoffs.
beww
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