On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 04:40, Noquar wrote: > Hi all, this is my first time posting to this list. The question I had > was this... > > I run two computers off a hub/switch in my house on a cable modem, my > ISP will assign a separate IP to both so it doesn't require a router. My > Windows machine has kept the same IP for months, my Mandrake 9.0 machine > seems to get about 2-3 new IP's a DAY. Is there anything I can set to > keep the machine from release/renewing so often? It doesn't matter if > the machine is kept on constantly, sometimes it will renew in the middle > of a console session, it seems so random and it's annoying. I'd prefer > not to get a static IP but it seems I might have to go that route.
Linux or UNIX are inherently shitting with being DHCP clients - if anything, static IP is preferred to anything else. Sorry - there are heaps of work-arounds, but in reality, nothing beats the stability of static. -- Thu Jan 16 10:10:00 EST 2003 10:10am up 2 days, 1:51, 4 users, load average: 0.51, 0.29, 0.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------ | __ __ | kuhn media australia | | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | ------------------------------------------------------------------ * linux user:267497 * RH 7.3+ * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting ------------------------------------------------------------------ Rudin's Law: If there is a wrong way to do something, most people will do it every time. Rudin's Second Law: In a crisis that forces a choice to be made among alternative courses of action, people tend to choose the worst possible course.
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