On Sun, 2007-01-07 at 13:59 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > One thing you may want to check on is if the public IP address you > have changes during the night. Your DHCP lease may be expiring, and > you are getting a "new" IP address. You really ought to get the same IP address, then. The scheme is for your DHCP client (most likely within your modem, unless you use it in a bridge mode) to "renew" the lease before the expiry period. If your ISP is changing IPs on you arbitrarily, I'd be looking for another ISP. One that isn't so mismanaged.