[Cialug] Mediacom DesMoines

L. V. Lammert lvl at omnitec.net
Mon Feb 13 16:43:58 CST 2017


On Mon, 13 Feb 2017, David Champion wrote:

> YMMV may vary with your ISP, but personally I wouldn't recommend setting a
> static IP on your router in a dynamically assigned range. If they do
> something that resets their dynamic pool, your IP may get reassigned, and
> you'll have a conflict.
>
> Best bet is to keep your router on and active all of the time, you might
> also do some kind of keepalive so it sends a packet once every 5 minutes or
> something.
>
Of course that is the case here, to restate - you MAY be able to reuse
your 'immediatly used previously' IP as I do here with charter.

	Lee


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