Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Dynamic IP hack (PR#294) | Date | Tue, 20 Oct 1998 08:55:21 +0200 (MEST) | From | (Rogier Wolff) |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > In the case of diald redialing an ISP (the reason for the patch), it's > > almost certain that you *won't* get it back. At best you'll get a > > connection with a different address, at worst it could be a few hours before > > it gets through again. > > I used to get 8 out of 10 successes off cymru.net before I eventually set > it up static anyway
My ISP has a policy: No we don't do static IP addresses. So they try to make it as hard as possible for you to achieve something almost the same as a static IP: they actually try to give you a different IP address every time.
So, it depends.
Roger.
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