On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Matthew Emmerton wrote:
> > I'm connected through cable to the 'Net, and the provider I go
> > through, it appears, somehow has it setup that if I change nics, I hvae a
> > bugger of a time re-acquiring a lease ...
>
> I presume dhclient is what you use to get your IP address.
>
> I've seen ISPs that record the MAC address of the interface, and won't give
> out addresses to any other MAC address but the original one. They'll expire
> that MAC eventually, but perhaps not for 24 hours or a week.
this is what it appears it was ... called up their tech support last
night, the girl there said "we dont' support Unix", I asked her to release
the IP and low-n-behold, I got a new one ...
Thanks ...
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