kcwireless-talk: Re: Everest

[Mark Hutchings]

Hmm.. wonder why I'm so special that Road Runner wants to give me a new
IP every 1 - 2 weeks?  I've never ran a server on it or anything.  Oh
well, Everest is laying the cable down currently and last Friday they
were putting these signs on the neighborhood doors that service will
be available sometime between October 13 - 19.  

-- 
Mark Hutchings
desynergy at onebox.com - email

---- Gerald Combs <gerald at ethereal.com> wrote:

> Assuming Everest parcels out IP addresses using DHCP over vanilla Ethernet
> framing (as opposed to that nasty PPPoE crap), you shouldn't need this.
> As far as the DHCP server is concerned, you have your address until
> your
> lease expires.  Keeping the same address between reboots depends on
> 
>   - The client asking for the same address when it's time to renew
>     the lease.  The DHCP clients on Windows, Linux and *BSD do this
> by
>     default AFAIK.  Dunno about Linksys, D-Link or similar appliances.
> 
>   - The server being able/willing to give you the same address.  Unless
>     your network has been readdressed or your DHCP admin is a BOFH,
>     this is probably the case.
> 
> I'm on RoadRunner at home, which uses DHCP with 24 hour lease times.
> My firewall has been able retain its IP address for several months
> (even across reboots) without any sort of keepalive.
>