National Instruments PCI-8430 - Page 84

Becausetherearemanyotherpossiblereasonsforfailure,contactyour
networkadministratorifyouarehavingproblemsgettingDHCPtowork.
WhenyoucanuseDHCPandDNSsuccessfully,youcanusethe
hostnameformoftheIPaddresstocommunicatewithyourproduct—
evenifthenumericalIPaddresschangeswithsuccessivereboots.
Ifyouaresettingupasmallnetworkforyourinstrumentationsystem,
NationalInstrumentsrecommendsusingstaticIPaddresses,because
theyareeasiertoimplementandmaintain.Inthissystem,youcansafely
usethenumericalformoftheIPaddresstocommunicatewithyour
productbecausetheaddressisunlikelytochange.Smallnetworksare
lesslikelytohavedomainnameservicesavailablethatwouldresolvethe
hostnameintoanumericalIPaddress.