[ale] Static DHCP Addresses? Any reason to Avoid?

[neal at mnopltd.com]

Working with a local non-profit.

They have a bunch of dumb devices on wifi, eg 3D printers.

Supposedly one accesses them via mDNS, eg "Ender3.local".

Which works less than 50% of the time on Windows or Linux boxes.   More 
often it doesn't find it.

My instinct is to assign those MAC Addresses a permanent IP address in 
the DHCP on the main router.

I've gotten some pushback eg "It works on my MAC", or "If windows wasn't 
so screwed up this would be fine".

Which isn't too productive.

ARE THERE any reasons not to make this problem go away by assigning a 
fixed IP?  Then mDNS would still work where it does now, and the rest of 
us can find the little buggers without playing hunt the wumpus.

regards,

Neal