Ok, we often use these interchangeable and generally overlook the terminology as everyone knows what we’re talking about. Here you’re a bit vague. @yardbird wrote a post in the past explaining the differences, I want to use to help clear things up
I presume your “statice address” are actually DHCP address, albeit static leases (particularly since you tablo doesn’t have the opting for a static IP)
I don’t know the technically of it all, but it may be over-the-top and causing some issues. For your devices that are “consumer grade”, despite telling you “connect with your phone” (for example) all these IoT devices connect via 3rd party server.