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BBKing · 16-06-2004, 06:12

Ick - didn't occur to me to drop a note to Robin.

Basically the STB platform was DHCP'd using lots of big old slow servers. They're being replaced by smaller, more centralised, faster servers. Easier to maintain, cheaper to run, higher capacity. Win/win situation.

The old servers were placed locally to your UBR. The new ones are placed centrally near all the other Interactive servers. Hence the address change.

16-06-2004, 06:12	#28
BBKing R.I.P. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: London Services: 20Mb VM CM, Virgin TV Posts: 5,983	Re: DHCP Server Ick - didn't occur to me to drop a note to Robin. Basically the STB platform was DHCP'd using lots of big old slow servers. They're being replaced by smaller, more centralised, faster servers. Easier to maintain, cheaper to run, higher capacity. Win/win situation. The old servers were placed locally to your UBR. The new ones are placed centrally near all the other Interactive servers. Hence the address change.