Re: nic stalls (a lot)
Franklin Black (d_baser@hotmail.com)
Tue, 15 Jun 1999 19:28:46 GMT
hi Jason:
I have my cable modem hooked up to a RH6 box. I tried the DHCP
route and experienced about the same thing. I changed back to the static IP
and everything improved a tremendous amount. I went through the online
documentation and it mentioned using static IPs for 'UNIX or special
configurations'. I set my Windows machine (I have two cable modem IP
addresses on my little network) to use DHCP and it has always retained the
lease on the original IP address. (for 6 months so far)
If you disconnect your PC from the network (Turn it off, etc) for more than
7 days, you would probably lose your static address. If you don't plan on
doing that, it should always be able to use that IP address. I just think
DHCP is easier for your ISP to manage, so they 'strongly suggest' you use
that method.
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From: jason@whizzird.net
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To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject: nic stalls (a lot)
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 17:18:20 -0700 (MST)
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