[Malvern] DHCP versus static.

[Geoff Bagley]

I am still trying to get a better understanding of Ethernet.

Do you guys  prefer to use Static IP addresses on your LAN,  or do you 
prefer DHCP ?

Can you read out the MAC number of  another host (that being invariable) ? 
A bit like pinging, but more specific and informative.

By the way,  some outfit in Hunan, China,  keeps probing my system 
(unsuccessfully) !

Geoff.