What does static ip routing mean?

[GeoTrail]

I'm planning on buying a new broadband router with built-in 4 port switch. It seems to have everything I need. On the detailed info it says it has static ip routing. Does anyone know what that means?

It supports the following network protocols: L2TP, IPSec, PPPoE. I need PPPoE because my ISP requires username and password to logon.

Product link here http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=322283

On the UK site from Komplett, which is a Norwegian store, it costs £22.99, and on the Norwegian site, Komplett.no, it costs £27.89. Now that's NOT fair

[Dreglor]

it means that the ip's assigned to each machine connect are static and never change typically this has to be set manually
Dynamic ip's are easier to set up (plug n' play most of the time) they use dhcp but machines can be assigned any ip on startup which can cause problems if you host servers :\

[GeoTrail]

Ok. Not sure what my current modem support, Thomson Speedtouch 501i supports. But each time I boot my Xbox to copy files to it using FTP the darn IP changes. If I make that static, then thr Xbox can't access the internet.

[Michael Vogel]

Sorry,

static IP routing has nothing to do with DHCP (btw normal router never get IP addresses dynamically assigned), it means that the router is not able to do a routing protocol (e.g. RIP, OSPF), so all routing decisions are done by looking into a static (entered by the administrator) routing table...