On 2/23/10, Jim Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I agree, these questions were asked in reference to jm7's > statements: > >> If my connection to the LAN from Windows goes down, Windows knows >> about it. >> If the connection from the router to the internet goes down, Windows >> has no >> clue. >> >> jm7 > > In which case, the IP would change to the Windows default of > 169.xxx.xxx.xxx based on not getting a response from the router after > the DHCP lease had expired or Windows chooses to renew.
That's exactly the case I referred to. If the connection from the router to the Internet goes down, the connection from the router to the computer will still work. The router's internal DHCP server will keep giving the computer the same LAN-local IP address regardless of whether the Internet connection works or not. The computer doesn't even know what its *external* IP is (without having to eg. ask an external site for it). That's just how NAT routers work. -- Nicolas _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
