and what would happen if the NAS is inadvertently reset, the router reset, etc or there is a need to reset down the track?
if a device is to be permanently on the network and accessed by IP, either use static or use a DHCP reservation which is the second option mentioned.
In the router, set aside a block of 30 or 40 IP's for static devices, eg, in the dhcp scope settings, don't start the scope from the default, start it from say 30 or 50. so .2 to .29 or .2 to .49 are free to be statically assigned.
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