[NTLUG:Discuss] High Speed service(s)

Chris Cox cjcox at acm.org
Tue Mar 11 12:44:36 CST 2003


Kenneth Loafman wrote:
> Why not just leave the router and modem on all the time?  DHCP servers 
> can't change addresses until the lease expires,

:-)

Oh yes they can.
It was not unusual to see the network change out from underneath
you esp while @home became attbi.  They can reset your modem at will
and change the network entirely.

> 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
> 




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