Re DHCP conflicts, back in the early days of JReceiver (before RioBoot) I was messing around with ARM's registry settings. I believe I was able to do everything except what _I_ wanted (I wanted to keep dhcp and nfs but disable the arm server). Maybe we can get what _you_ want though. Take a look at

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Diamond Multimedia\Audio Receiver Manager\1.0\Adapters

You'll see one or more adapters listed. Under each is a key "Bindings". Try removing ";dhcp" from the list. Might work. Might hose your system too - usual registry disclaimers apply.