Isn't there a way to lengthen the lease interval? Lou N2TU ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt W. Zimmerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Pete Smith'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 8:17 AM Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout
> If you read the RFP on DHCP, you will find that as long as the IP is active > that it will get renewed during its half-life of the lease. So if you have > an expiration of 2 hours, your IP will be "renewed" every hour. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pete Smith [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 3:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout > > At 10:19 PM 7/17/02 -0500, KC9JS, John wrote: > >So your problem > >must be related to the Linksys router. Just saying it may be something you > >should look it. > > > I'm not sure this is obviously the router. Cable modem systems can be set > up ("provisioned" is the weird word they use, I guess from telephone-speak) > in a number of different ways. At least in theory, the one I'm on grants a > set-duration "lease" of an IP address. There was briefly a time where it > would drop every 2 hours regularly as clockwork, but that stopped fairly > quickly and now I keep the same IP address. I *think* the system is > automatically renewing my lease every two hours... > > As for the support, I couldn't agree more. Once in a while you get someone > who knows his or her stuff, but it's rare. I've found one such guy now and > learned a "back way" to get to him. It makes things a lot better. > > 73, Pete N4ZR > > Check out the World HF > Contest Station Database at > www.pvrc.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > _______________________________________________ > Dx4win mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win
