Sudhir rearranged electrons thusly:
> machine will remain always ON, the dynamic IP will become permanent for
> this duration. In this case, they say, they will be changing the dunamic
> IPs every 7 days. Can you tell me what this means ? Is it possible for
> them to give this dynamic IP as the permanent for the duration of machine
> remaining ON, whatever this duration might be ?
DHCP addresses are "leased" to the client for a configurable duration of time.
DHCP leases for cablemodems / DSL lines are typically assigned on quite long
leases (anywhere between three to seven days, sometimes). So, your IP remains
"reasonably static".
If you bring up any kind of box on a DSL line, lock it down securely or you'll
likely find your box will get h4x0r3d in no time at all (_dont_ put a default
redhat 6.2 install there).
--suresh
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