At 8:48 AM -0700 9/4/2008, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >DHCP addresses can change, yes, if the modem is always on, many >providers don't change them around that often so they're 'mostly >static'. It depends on the local network segment. Comcast here may >be different from Comcast there.
Comcast's public IP assignment is managed between their DHCP server and the customer's router (or Mac, if no router). The docsis modem is not involved (other than being part of the ip conduit). As long as you do a Renew, you'll get the same IP back... Comcast does not forcibly expire DHCP leases, and their DHCP server pools have 6+ hr caches. >Ping may well not work for reasons OTHER than the address not being >reachable...MANY providers prohibit UDP traffic other than local on >their networks. Comcast is very inconsistant on this too. Also note that the upstream on Comcast is very low (200 to 384 KB in most areas), so any VNC connection may be sluggish at best. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
