Rogers DHCP server

[James Knott]

D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> One more reason to hate Rogers cable internet: they changed my IP number
> today while my DHCP lease was still alive.  I wondered why networking
> wasn't.
>

Mine changed recently too.  I my address used to start with 99, now 
174.  What happened is your lease expired at a time that was 
inconvenient and you were given the new address.  I didn't notice until 
I was checking the IP address for other reasons.  At least with Rogers, 
unlike some of the other providers, the addresses change so seldom 
they're virtually static.  The host name is static, so long as you don't 
change the hardware.  I have a DNS alias that points to the long host 
name I get from Rogers.  Perhaps they've got some changes occurring that 
required new addresses.



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