[NCLUG] PPP and IP addresses

[Barbara Hayes]

>A quick question, if anyone knows...
>
>You know how DHCP leases you an address, and you have to renew it from
>time to time, and there is the possibility that you will be leased a
>different address?


Yes, but not during the same session - I was told at the time I 
investigated this that if you're on a lan, a "session" is the time 
between rebooots.  Don't know if there's an upper limit on this.

>  Can IPCP in PPP do this, too?  That is, is it
>possible for your PPP connection to change its IP address without
>hanging up and redialing?

That's beyond what I know.

Hope this is helpful.

barb.


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