[Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout

Thu, 18 Jul 2002 12:28:37 -0400

Isn't there a way to lengthen the lease interval?

Lou N2TU
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurt W. Zimmerman" <[email protected]>
To: "'Pete Smith'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 8:17 AM
Subject: RE: [Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout

> If you read the RFP on DHCP, you will find that as long as the IP is
active
> that it will get renewed during its half-life of the lease.  So if you
have
> an expiration of 2 hours, your IP will be "renewed" every hour.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete Smith [SMTP:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 3:48 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Telnet via Cable Modem Timeout
>
> At 10:19 PM 7/17/02 -0500, KC9JS, John wrote:
> >So your problem
> >must be related to the Linksys router. Just saying it may be something
you
> >should look it.
>
>
> I'm not sure this is obviously the router.  Cable modem systems can be set
> up ("provisioned" is the weird word they use, I guess from
telephone-speak)
> in a number of different ways.  At least in theory, the one I'm on grants
a
> set-duration "lease" of an IP address.  There was briefly a time where it
> would drop every 2 hours regularly as clockwork, but that stopped fairly
> quickly and now I keep the same IP address.  I *think* the system is
> automatically renewing my lease every two hours...
>
> As for the support, I couldn't agree more.  Once in a while you get
someone
> who knows his or her stuff, but it's rare.  I've found one such guy now
and
> learned a "back way" to get to him.  It makes things a lot better.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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