# IP addressing static or dhcp

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/ip-addressing-static-or-dhcp/1635>\
**Category:** Rancher 1.x\
**Created:** [February 4, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/ip-addressing-static-or-dhcp/1635 "2016-02-04T20:11:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![rbucker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/rbucker/32/308_2.png) [@rbucker](https://forums.suse.com/u/rbucker)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/ip-addressing-static-or-dhcp/1635/1 "2016-02-04T20:11:46Z")

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Does rancher prefer nodes with static IP addresses or will it adapt so nodes that are assigned IPs via DHCP? How does rancher reach to an expired lease?

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**Author:** ![Jamlee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@Jamlee](https://forums.suse.com/u/Jamlee)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/ip-addressing-static-or-dhcp/1635/2 "2016-02-15T15:09:03Z")

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As the doc showed, rancher will use third party service such as aws, simple dns.