Joel Hammer wrote: > 2. Does anyone know how long I will likely be keeping each assigned > dynamic number? I maintain a domain name on register.com and can access > my box and get mail with my domain name, provided I can associate my > domain name with an ip number on register.com's server. I still would > like to do that but it would be difficult if the ip number changed a > lot. I never turn my machine off. The question is, if you don't turn > off your machine, can they change the ip number?
As mentioned, this can vary and you have little control. The standard behavior is to request the same IP when renewing leases, which probably prevents dropped connections from IP changes. That's not necessarily the case if you ask for a new IP. It's quite possible to write a script to detect your IP and adjust as needed when it changes. May not be practical, but I guess that depends how much you want a static IP and how much it costs. You might try asking if you can have a static IP. Perhaps suggest that you can't make dhcp work. Maybe they're flexible. All they can say is no. Dave _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
