"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
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dennis@home presented the following explanation :
It makes no difference to the security of the LAN if you use static
addressing.

From personal experience I can assure you it does add a level of security.

It falls into the same myth as MAC filtering "security".

Again it does add some security, in as much as hackers need to find out a
MAC with access to get through filter and spoof it.

Each layer adds a little to the time and difficulty of gaining access to a
network.

True, but adding a few seconds doesn't add much to security.
And it really does only add a few seconds.

It does make the whole process of setting up the network more difficult and
may lead to errors being made.