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Posted by Bill M. on September 5, 2007, 6:57 pm
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On Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:09:43 -0400, Tom Stiller
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>> Seems there is some confusion here anout how DHCP works.
>> The NIC MAC address is assigned an ip address from a pool. Depending on how
>> the ISP is set up for their lease time on the address, it is possible to get
>> the same address after a shutdown. Again this is dependent on the
>> configuration of the ISP and how many users are contending for the IP
>> addresses.
>> So above where you say you received the same address that was assigned to
>> that device, is very possible with dhcp. The above is not saying you are
>> being assigned a static IP from your ISP.
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>I never said that I was assigned a static IP address. What I said was
>that I got a different IP address for each different MAC address I
>connected to the cable modem, but that the IP/MAC address pairings were
>retained no matter how many times I switched devices or re-synched the
>modem.
And that's perfectly normal.
--
Bill
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