| I found a website that at a FAQ on DHCP and it was at just the right level and that help.
It did not say, but implied that the DHCP server should be able to detect conflicts and resolve them. But at least this router/DHCP server count not.
I turned off the wireless port on the laptop and unplug the printer and desktop and rebooted the router.
Then connected the router via cable to the laptop and opened that connection and got a .2 assignement for the lap top.
Then connected the printer and could not access it. Cycled power on the printer and it forced a DHCP request and got assigned to .3
Then I could access the printer webpage using .3 from the laptop.2
The reconnected the desktop that has been assigned .3 and thought that it was still on it .3
Total confusion.
The desktop would not work and I could not access the printer.
Did a release renewal on the Desktop and noticed a strange thing. The DHCP server assigned it a new address, but did not have a name for it and it get only a 1 minute lease. When that times it and renewed the lease then it got the desktop name and gave it a 24 hr lease.
Anyway I restricted the router DHCP server to .2 to .31. That is probably 8 times the number that I will ever use at any one time.
And set the printer for static at .32
And set that address in the laptop printer port.
And the princesses kissed the frog and everyone lived happily ever after.
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