ukulele_ninja

I've been dilligently working to get all of my computer equipment hooked up in our house and I was curious whether or not now would be a good time to setup a static IP on all of my devices. I tried it before but had oodles of problems especially when I wanted to take my laptop places or have friends over with theirs.

So first and foremost:
1. What are the advantages of setting up static IPs? I've heard its more secure but don't know if that's true.
2. I've had problems on my old network with connecting to my brother via xbox live and have read again that static IPs will correct this too.
3. If I have a wireless router attached to my modem, do I need to forward ports on both? Or just forward ports on the router?
4. Downstairs I have a computer and xbox hooked together. The pc has a wireless card with the xbox using the ethernet as a bridged connection. Would I need to forward ports to the xbox ip or the pcs? Would this get more sticky if I added a wired router down there so I can attach my directv box and xbox to the bridged connection?
5. Total, I have 4 devices to hook up. (Wii, xbox-pc, office pc, laptop) is that going to be a pain in the ass too?
6.Should I just bail on this idea and stick with dynamic ips?

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