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Wondering if any of the networking gurus on here could help me with something.

I have a NAS (Synology) I use for backing up Roon, among other things. Trouble is, every time I turn the power to the networking components off the IP address gets changed, so that I have to go back into Roon and redo it all for backups, etc., to run again.

I have very pitiful networking knowledge - I Googled it and opinions seem to vary between assigning the NAS a static IP, or setting up a DHCP reservation. Are either of these better than the other? Any issues I should be aware of before attempting either one?

TIA.

Hi,

I'm not a fan of using Static IP (where the IP is manually configured on the device itself), it can work however, you must manually ensure (and document):
- The IP address is unique
- It is outside of the DHCP pool that the router can select from (to avoid IP conflicts with DHCP assigned IPs).
- If the device is connected to a LAN that has a different subnet access is not possible (eg. a new router or different location).

DHCP Reservation, this is my prefered option:
- The IP address is maintained automatically by the router
- It is always unique
- If the device is connected to a LAN that has a different subnet access is still possible as the new router will assign it a correct IP.

The end result of either method is the same: The IP used by the device will be consistent.

Regards
Carl