Author: Mike Burrows Date: To: lug, Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT} weird web behaviour
I've seen something similar in the past. Some routers simply don't NAT > packets for addresses they haven't handed out via DHCP. I guess it's some
> sort of half-arsed attempt at security by the router manufacturer, but
> I've yet to see such behaviour fix more problems than it creates...
> I suppose that would make sense to me if all websites were blocked to
clients with static IPs but when most pages get through its really odd.
what am i missing about static v's DHCP?