There are 3 correct solutions and 1 problem solution … which did you choose:
- Leave Vera with DHCP requested address, but have router return a reserved DHCP Address.
- Vera has a static IP Address outside the DHCP address range of the router … No Router Reservation is needed. But you need to make sure that all of your static IP addresses are distinct.
- Vera has a static IP Address witch is the same as the DHCP Reservation on the router. Here the reservation list is your list of statically assigned IP addresses. And by adding a reservation … you make sure the router will never hand out that IP address.
And the wrong way to do it:
4) Vera has a static IP Address and NO DHCP reservation … and the IP address is in the range of possible DHCP addresses for the router.
The latter can cause periodic network problems if you have other devices requesting DHCP addresses.
I use option 1 for all devices in the house … most come pre-configured to request a DHCP address. I just make sure the router always gives that device the same address.