>>However, isn't there some sort of way to get your dhcpd to renew your
>>'lease', or whatever it's called, without losing the IP address? That
>>seems a bit silly to just have a new IP address thrown at you, while
>>connections might potentially be up and running. It will break every
>>connection you've got at that time.
>
> Nature of the beast but usually DHCP servers will re-issue the same
> IP address back to the client. Now why your ISP insists on giving you
> a different IP address is beyond me.
I can think of one *very good* (at least from their standpoint) reason to
give you a different IP every time your lease is up. It is to prevent
someone from easily setting up a server on the cable modem, a big no-no
according to most of the cable modem agreements.
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// Glenn L. Austin
// Computer Wizard and Race Car Driver
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