[NTLUG:Discuss] High Speed service(s)

[Kenneth Loafman]

Why not just leave the router and modem on all the time?  DHCP servers 
can't change addresses until the lease expires, and the router's DHCP 
client will renew that address before it expires.  Much easier than the 
schemes I've seen floating around here and it works.

...Ken


Jack Snodgrass wrote:
> I have my box ( charter cable service ) access a web page on a
> remote server every 30 minutes. This causes my current IP Address
> to be written to a file on the remote server.
> 
> When I need to access my box, I check the file on the remote
> server ( that address never changes ) and I can get my 'current'
> dhcp address.
> 
> I have scripts set up that do this automatically.
>