One IP for multiple machines

[gaf at mediaone.net (gaf at mediaone.net)]

On 19 Oct 97 at 20:04, Mike Bilow <mikebw at bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net> 
wrote:

> First, you should know that cable modems are usually configured as Dynamic Host
> Configuration Protocol (DHCP) agents, which means that they provide an IP
> address dynamically.  The DHCP "lease" term for a particular assignment might
> change once a year, once a month, or once a day, depending upon how much your
> cable modem provider chooses to torture you.  As a result, your IP address may
> change suddenly.
With Mediaone, they also provide a DNS entry for your host name. They 
rarely change IP addresses. Only when they renumber the network. They 
have done this once in the past year, and they announced it in advance.
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Gerald Feldman <gaf at mediaone.net>
Boston Computer Solutions and Consulting