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11 months agoIf you assign a static IP in the device, then that device will NOT request an IP from the DHCP server.
If you assign a static IP in the device, then that device will NOT request an IP from the DHCP server.
You’ve blocked the port, but that does not prevent a process/program from binding to it.
So, you have a program listening on the port, but it will never get any traffic because you have blocked that traffic from ever reaching it.