Thanks, that's what I thought.
-DRW
On Fri, 20 Oct 2000 20:48:01 -0400, you wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Oct 2000 19:44:43 -0400, Darren R. Weber wrote:
>
> >Is there a way to force pump to get a different address? Here is the reason I ask.
>
> >
> >I know I can tell it to release, and then restart it but it just gets the same
>address again. I am on DSL and some idiot in Miami has apparently set up my IP as a
>nameserver. I have ipchains running and denying almost everything so there is no
>immediate problem, but I also log some packets and this stuff is filling my log with
>garbage every two seconds. I have tried to stop this several times in various ways,
>even to the extent of crashing the box on the other end. (It's a windows box. .
>.did a little digging on it :-) ) That worked but only temporarily and if I
>continue to do that I'm going to get myself into trouble. So I figured the easy
>thing to do would be to try to get a different IP.
> >
> >Is the only way to release my current IP and wait until the server has had time to
>give out the old one?
>
> Pretty much. The thing about DHCP is that the server maintains a
> database...that database keeps track of the IP address and the MAC
> address to which it was last assigned. It keeps that information
> until the lease runs out.
>
> The other thing to consider is whether or not your DSL provider has
> hardcoded your system for that IP.
>
> The other possibility is that you could call your provider and ask
> them to reassign your IP address.
>
>
>
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