[techtalk] DHCP vs. Static security

[moebius at ip-solutions.net]

Hey All,
  I am trying to get opinions on using static ip's as opposed to dhcp. I
work in a relatively small office and was thinking that if everyone had a
static IP then I could use arp to map the MAC to the IP and have a better
understanding of who was doing what on the network. Also I could disallow
any ipaddr not in use via the firewall. Any thoughts?
Thanks,

Harry Hoffman
Product Systems Specialist
Restaurants Unlimited Inc.
206.634.3082 x. 270