I suppose a firewall on RedHat 6.2 should be ok for this kind of
connection. And, how can I go for a static IP ?
On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> 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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