RE: NTL Broadband - Statically Dynamic IP?

["Chris McGookin" <chris@xxxxxxx>]

if you run the command winipcfg on Win9x/ ME, or ipconfig /all on NT/
W2K/ XP it'll tell you how long your lease is and what issued it.
Providing you connect again within the lease period you'll get the same
address again. If you want to change a NIC and need to reclaim the
address, hit the release button on WinIPcfg in Win9x or "ipconfig
/release ***" ("do ipconfig /?  more" to get the rest of
instructions
on selecting the right interface!) in NT/ W2K/ XP. All the routers
should have a commanf to show lease details (I think!)


When I had the luxury of cable broadband about 2yr ago NTL used 24hr
leases served by Cisco uBR7200 head end router....might have changed if
they're now allowing multiple macs.  Providing you connect within the
lease, the only other time you will lose the address is if the router
(or alternate DHCP server) fails or is upgraded/ rebooted.

Chris


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Mc Aree [mailto:michael.mcaree@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 24 April 2003 16:16
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] NTL Broadband - Statically Dynamic IP?


Mine is the same - do you have your connection on 24/7 ?

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 24 April 2003 14:51
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] NTL Broadband - Statically Dynamic IP?


I have NTL broadband, and I've had the same IP address for well over a
year
now... (about 15 months IIRC). In all that time, it has never
changed....

:-)

Paul G.



>From: "Des Gibbons" <des@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] NTL Broadband - Statically Dynamic IP?
>Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 12:16:27 +0100
>
>
>
>
> > Second, Does anyone know why, how, when such a dynamic address
would

> > get changed by the ISP.  Specifically, does anyone using NTL know
> > how frequently refreshes seen to happen?  Is it perhaps because I
> > run a hardware NAT firewall behind the cable modem - would the ip
> > address only change if
>the
> > firewall is powered down/up?
>
>From my experience, yes, they will continue to renew your IP lease
>indefinitely ( 5 months was my maximum before I had to reset the
>router).
>
>Cheers, Des.
>
>
>
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