Yes, that is very true, but certain circumstances limit ones ability to do this. In particular, a friend is running an old 486 which was converted to a LEAF/LRP box because it had SCSI (the SCSI card died) and no on board IDE. The nics are EISA - and since he doesn't have a nic with a configurable MAC or a mobo that had EISA slots he's either without an Internet connection for 3-4 days or has to find an alternative method to release his IP (i.e. finding a SCSI card that is compatible with an OEM - and thus - non-configurable BIOS). While these circumstances are rare - there are other more likely circumstances that could affect other usesr. Say upgrading from an older 486 to a Pentium based system and moving from ISA based cards to PCI - in such a case an IP release option would save time / heartache during the upgrade.....
Just a thought S >From: "C. Dummy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Simon Bolduc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Leaf-User (E-mail)" ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [Leaf-user] Dhclient Release >Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 23:52:50 -0500 > > When you release lease from card on machine that you are using (in >windows >using winipcfg.exe) you can connect modem right away to next machine, and >you >will get new lease. >Andrey > >Simon Bolduc wrote: > > > Hey All, > > > > I was wondering if anyone knows where I can find a (compiled) version >of > > dhclient 3.0 from isc. As far as I can tell Dhclient 2.x doesn't have >the > > ability to force an IP release, which is necessary for some cable modem > > users. It seems that @home (or at least Rogers@home) has decided that >MACs > > should be cached for 3-4 days in the headend modem, unless specifically > > released by the client. If you change machines you are kinda up a >creek.... > > > > S > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at >http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leaf-user mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
