[ale] AT&T Broadbrand and Linux

[Jim Popovitch]

All of this is very strange. I only change DHCP addresses when every I
change MAC Addresses.  If I hook up my laptop for kicks, then I get one
address.  If I hook up my Linux server, then I get another, else, my
Linksys Cable/DSL router gets a different address.  However, they are
all the same everytime for each device.  Been like that for a long time
now, just tested it, and it still is.  What could be different?

-Jim P.

--- Robert Heaven <robertheaven at mediaone.net> wrote:
> I'm a MediaNone customer. I shut down me Linux firewall nightly and
> boot up
> every day. My IP address changes about once per week.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Joe Knapka <jknapka at earthlink.net>
> To: Chris Egolf <cegolf at ugholf.net>; <ale at ale.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 12:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [ale] AT&T Broadbrand and Linux
> 
> 
> > Joe Knapka wrote:
> > >
> > > Chris Egolf wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Recently however, everytime I've had to reboot, my IP # has
> changed.
> > > > Others I know have had the same problem.  Since I need to
> access my
> > > > machine remotely, I've stopped doing this -- no more kernel
> upgrades I
> > > > guess.  My understanding w/ DHCP is that you are supposed to
> get the
> > > > same IP again if it's still available.  I find it hard to
> believe that
> > >
> > > Only if the lease hasn't expired. Maybe they've changed their
> server
> > > to allow very short lease times.
> > >
> >
> > Sorry, that didn't make any sense. You're right, you should get the
> > same address if it's not in use, regardless of the lease time. But
> a
> > short lease time would increase the likelyhood that your address is
> > handed over to someone else while your machine is down.
> >
> > --
> > *** Joseph Knapka ***
> > In any formula, constants (especially those obtained from
> handbooks)
> > are to be treated as variables.
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