I checked on this with the appropriate people and apparently the IP's are definitely dynamic. The reason you are getting the same IP when you reset the modem may have something to do with the small number of people on the network?! I will make further enquires with the networks people next week when I'm in Wellington. The official line is that they are dynamic and that you can't rely on getting the same IP each time.

Mark Barlow :-)
ADSL Manager
e: Mark.Barlow@telecom.co.nz

>>> "Dan Langille" <dan.langille@dvl-software.com> 26/April/1999 03:08pm >>>
>I just had my M10 (not yet replaced) off for 8 days due to severe
>bill shock but I got the same IP address again when I switched it
>back on.
>DHCP does try to give the same IP to the same MAC address but
>after 8 days would imply either that not many people are on that
>pool or there may be something else mechanism for assigning IPs
>The question of course is; are we going to be able to assume a
>more or less fixed IP?

Well, I've plugged my Windows NT box into the modem from time to time and it
still gets the IP it was assigned months ago. I, for one, would most certainly
prefer a static IP. If I was being assigned a different IP every time the lease
expired, I would be constantly updating name servers. Not something I wish
to do.
Dan LangilleThe FreeBSD Diary - http://www.freebsddiary.com/freebsd
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