On 1/8/07, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> 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. > > > Yes, that is what "should" happen. Then again, you should not have > to restart the modem every couple of days. But if the modem is not > renewing the lease, and it is expiring, then a new IP address after > power-cycling the modem would be a good indication. > > > If your ISP is changing IPs on you arbitrarily, I'd be looking for > > another ISP. One that isn't so mismanaged. > > > An IP address that changes before you power-cycle the modem would be > an indication of this, and as you said, time for a new ISP, if > possible. (Some places, you do not have a choice for hi-speed > Internet...) Thanks for all replies. The problem usually occurs during the night, with aMule the sole application running. How can I check whether the IP changed after a power cycling? (Unfortunately, I do not have many choices of ISPs available.)
Your guesses seem correct: my ISP changes my IP, or, at least, this morning the modem/router was again stuck and after a power cycling the IP was different. Paul
