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A domain controller should have a static IP address so that it does not require DHCP(which is conveniently often ran on the domain controller) to come up onto the network. With a dynamically assigned IP address it would be possible for it to receive a different IP address when it requests its IP initially or when the lease expires. If this were to happen, all hosts on the network would essentially stop working because they would continue to try to access the domain controller via the old IP.

If the domain controller fails to obtain an IP address via DHCP no users or computers would be able to access it, hence possibly causing your network to cease functioning.

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