Setting Up Ip Addresses For Network Devices - Cambridge Audio azur 640H Networking Manual

2. Setting up IP addresses for Network
Devices
Once your network connections have been made, for the connected
devices to communicate to each other you will need to specify the
unique "IP address" for the device (i.e. like a house number, and street
name so the house can be identified for posting letters).
There are two types of IP address; DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol), which is more commonly known as dynamic addressing, and
static. Dynamic is used when you have a router, set-top box modem or a
PC/Mac with DHCP server enabled, as they can automatically give each
device an IP address upon physical connection. We encourage the use
of dynamic addressing as this is the default mode of the 640H, and
therefore no further setup would be required for the 640H.
Note: With a DHCP assigned IP address, it is possible that the 640H will
have a different IP address assigned to it, if left switched off over night.
This is normal and will not cause a problem.
We recommend using static IP addressing for peer-to-peer networking
only. The static address will not change unless you manually change it.
This is particularly useful for network troubleshooting.
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