Ah - it's not a router - just a plain vanilla modem. I do routing on my
gateway which has two nics. THe 300+ will only give out one ip address I
think - a private one if no dsl line is found for the purposes of
configuring the modem or the public one obtained from the pppoe
connection.
Also, as
On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 04:48:15PM +0100, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 10:55:28PM +0930, David Purton wrote:
> > This is finally driven me nuts enough to try and fix it.
> >
> > I use dhcp to get an ip address from my dlink dsl 300+ modem.
> >
> > The problem is, that it wan
On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 10:55:28PM +0930, David Purton wrote:
> This is finally driven me nuts enough to try and fix it.
>
> I use dhcp to get an ip address from my dlink dsl 300+ modem.
>
> The problem is, that it wants to renew it every 5 seconds and syslog
> *fills* up with this sort of log me
On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 11:29:38AM -0400, Alec Berryman wrote:
> begin quotation of Stefaan Himpe:
>
> > In case of a static ip address, don't use dhcp.
> > Dhcp is for dynamic ip addresses only.
>
> It's also possible his ISP has assigned him a static IP through DHCP;
> this does make configura
begin quotation of Stefaan Himpe:
> In case of a static ip address, don't use dhcp.
> Dhcp is for dynamic ip addresses only.
It's also possible his ISP has assigned him a static IP through DHCP;
this does make configuration easier for most folks as you don't need
to specify any information.
si
begin quotation of David Purton:
> This is finally driven me nuts enough to try and fix it.
>
> I use dhcp to get an ip address from my dlink dsl 300+ modem.
>
> The problem is, that it wants to renew it every 5 seconds and syslog
> *fills* up with this sort of log message:
>
> Jul 23 22:41:29
I have a static ip address,
so it doesn't need to renew frequently at all.
If you have a static ip address then don't use dhcp.
Dhcp is only used to get a dynamic ip address.
Think of your modem as an extension of your computer.
If the modem has a static ip address, then your computer
has the same
I have a static ip address,
so it doesn't need to renew frequently at all.
In case of a static ip address, don't use dhcp.
Dhcp is for dynamic ip addresses only.
Think of your modem as an extension of your computer.
If the modem has a static ip address and your computer
is connected directly to the
> I have a static ip address,
so it doesn't need to renew frequently at all.
If you have a static ip address, you shouldn't use dhcp at all.
Just configure it in your /etc/networks/interfaces file.
at a terminal type:
info interfaces
to find out more
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