We are just setting up a new remote office with less eight or so XP Pro computers. I’m debating my partner about how to set up the IP’s. In our main office we have Win 2k3 servers doing the DHCP, but at the remote office we will have no server, just a firewall between the desktops and the Internet. I want to set them up with static IPs, but my partner wants to set up the firewall to perform DHCP functions as he believes that the network will work faster configured with DHCP. Is there any consideration for performance when deciding static vs dynamic? Any thoughts would be great.
