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  • A network administrator should know from the raw IP address whether it's dynamic or static. (Or at least, be able to guess with high certainty.) DHCP should always be using a dedicated pool of addresses, and static IP'd machines must never use an address in that pool, else they risk an IP collision. If you need a static address within the DHCP pool, many DHCP servers offer a way to assign a fixed value based on DHCP client ID or MAC address, but that's still DHCP. Commented Aug 30, 2012 at 17:08
  • Thank you @WarrenYoung, but the network admin has a full list of all the IP addresses I have used, so there won't be any collisions. Commented Aug 31, 2012 at 8:54