Mike, In my case, I will be leaving my GB on all the time. Therefore, I should have a good chance of keeping my same IP, right? Anyone know why my DHCP assigned IP changed to be my EXT alias since I added it. Remember, I was being assigned a different IP originally. Thanks for all the quick replies!
Sincerely, Mason Landrum -----Original Message----- From: Mike Burden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 11:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [gb-users] Cable Modem IP Lease > -----Original Message----- > From: Wes Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 11:07 AM > To: 'Mason Landrum'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [gb-users] Cable Modem IP Lease > > I've had @Home for the past 4 years. I had the same IP for the last 2 > years. With the demise of @Home here in Phoenix we just switched to > cox.net. Cox has warned everyone not use DHCP for the IP > address because > the IP addresses are not static. At first they said the > lease would be 4 > hours, but I have noticed they are now up to 24 hours. > Interestingly enough > though I have had the same address since day 1, about 45 days > now. One of > my co-workers has Roadrunner in Orlando and her address > changes every couple > of months. > > From what I hear the only way to have a permanent static address is to > upgrade to whatever companies much more expensive business class. Wes, Do you shut down your GNAT Box when you are not using your Internet connection, or do you leave it running all the time? My experience (and what I've heard from others) is that most of the Cable Modem providers have DHCP servers that are pretty good about giving you back the address you had previously, as long as your GNAT Box asks for it before someone else gets it. The result is that if you leave your GNAT Box booted all the time, you have the next closest thing to a static IP. Of course, given that I am on AT&T and you are on Cox, YMMV. Mike Burden Lynk Systems http://www.lynk.com (616)532-4985 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the digest version first unsubscribe, then e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the digest version first unsubscribe, then e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
