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Re:Microsoft to kill off third-party printer drivers in Windows by bombcar on Monday September 11, 2023 @06:58PM (#37474832)
It's actually sometimes sold as a "security" feature - short DHCP leases with no memory.

Which is kinda silly, if the router hasn't needed to give the IP to another client, just remember it forever.

Re:Microsoft to kill off third-party printer drivers in Windows by kube-system on Monday September 11, 2023 @07:28PM (#37475062)
If people start using dynamic IPs as if they are static, when they really aren't, they're just setting themselves up for failure the next time the devices reboots or resets. It's better to either use static addressing if you want static addressing, or use DNS if you don't know what the IP is going to be.