Thread: NTL question
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Old 02-07-2004, 14:09   #7
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Re: NTL question
Some people seem to have trouble keeping an IP address, others can't shift it if they try (you can, if you try hard enough).

Unless you are in the former category, you are likely to keep the same IP address unless a change is provoked - either by NTL resegmenting, by you changing your speed, by you changing your adapter/MAC address, by switching between Windows and Linux (optional, you can set some Linux implementations to make the same DHCP request as Windows), or by being off the network for longer than the lease time (7 days in my area).

If you use a router, some can be set to enable or disable the auto-renew... - if enabled the router will act as described, attempting to renew at 1/2 lease even if there is no local activity.
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