On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 02:42:47PM +0000, nobody somewhere wrote: > I was a former @home high speed internet customer before the transistion to > Comcast high speed internet. > > ONe strange thing i notice about the comcast DHCP ip setup they have a IP > lease set to 7 days after logging into the new network or after (booting > your PC) > SO i have maintained the same IP since DHCP was installed. Would it not be > more effective for them to be static instead of a long term lease thru DHCP? > As far as installing the comcast software, I never did it and my cable is > running fine. So if it is indeed what Sarah T claims it to be, it is an > easily avoidable situation-Just don't install it!
DHCP gives them 2 things: An automated way of giving an IP address to each machine (which could be done by software with static). A way to change the IP addresses being handed out if they need to use a different block. In addition, ISPs want you to pay extra for static, to make it harder to run servers. Rob
msg05304/pgp00000.pgp
Description: PGP signature
