For the first few hours. Stale woodsmoke in your hair smell awful.

Probably a bit of both to be honest. Thanks for clarifying.

This is the way. Although, to clarify, you should assign static IPs on your DHCP server, which for most SOHO networks, that’s going to be your router.

If you assign statics on your hosts, your DHCP server will assign them the preferred address if available, but if it’s already assigned then the DHCP server is going to give your device the middle finger and assign them whatever the fuck it wants.

Are you assigning the static address on your pi, or are you assigning a static address on the router?

Yes. I use it for my PiHole and Wireguard VPN.