Yes, I agree, these questions were asked in reference to jm7's statements:
> If my connection to the LAN from Windows goes down, Windows knows > about it. > If the connection from the router to the internet goes down, Windows > has no > clue. > > jm7 In which case, the IP would change to the Windows default of 169.xxx.xxx.xxx based on not getting a response from the router after the DHCP lease had expired or Windows chooses to renew. Thanks, Jim -------- Jim Preston BOINC Support Volunteer [email protected] SKYPE jhparizona-boinc On Feb 23, 2010, at 10:46 AM, Nicolás Alvarez wrote: > On 2/23/10, Jim Preston <[email protected]> wrote: >> Does Windows know about it because of loss/change of IP Address? i.e. >> is your Windows system using DHCP? > > If my Internet connection drops, my computer won't have any change of > IP. My router will still be working, the LAN will still be working, > and the router will still give the computer the same IP address (from > 192.168.0.x) via DHCP. > > You would have to HTML-scrape my router's web configuration to know > when the *router* loses its IP address, which it gets via DHCP from > the Internet provider. > > -- > Nicolas _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
