In order to “allocate” the static IP then adapter has to pick it up via DHCP first. You can’t set it statically on the adapter itself. If you do, it won’t work. You have to leave the NIC set for DHCP but it has to get an IP from the public range...
You have to leave the NIC set for DHCP but it has to get an IP from the public range to for the allocation to work properly. I tried letting it get one from the private pool and then mapping it to a public IP but it balked at me and gave me some erro...