Non Linux but network tech question

Steven W. Orr steveo at syslang.net
Sat Jun 16 16:14:16 EDT 2007


On Friday, Jun 15th 2007 at 22:09 -0400, quoth kenta:

=>On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, sean wrote:
=>> Here is the problem.
=>> The local ISP they use, Comcast, gives them a free connection, but the
=>> address is dynamic.
=>> When on that time the address renews and is not the same, they link to
=>> the online catalog cannot be reached. Looking it over the link is
=>> specified by an IP address.
=>
=>I also use Comcast and my IP rarely changes. I think I may be on the same 
=>IP now for maybe a year and a half to two years.  The trick is... keep 
=>your equipment running. Generally I've found that the Comcast DHCP server 
=>pretty much respects the lease renewals as long as you're there.  Throw 
=>your router and cable modem on a UPS and just leave it be.

My experience with rcn was also that they would let me keep the same IP 
for about 9 months. It became moot when they shut off incoming 80 and 
outgoing 25. Now I keep the same address permanantly but I have to pay an 
extra $20/m to do it, with the side effect that the two ports are left 
open.


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