On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 05:19, mdevin wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a way to try and force the DHCP server for > your ISP to give you the IPaddress you want? > > I am using dhclient as my DHCP client. Basically, I want to try and > limit the possibility that my IPaddress will change. In fact it just > changed and I want to try and get my old IPaddress back. > > Is it possible to get my IPaddress back somehow? I tried pinging my old > address and it doesn't seem to have been taken yet.
The only way to consistently get the same address from a DHCP server is to set up an address lease. Unfortunately, only the person administering the DHCP server can do that. As a client, there's really not much you can do except to call your ISP and ask to have a static IP. (They'll most likely either say no or offer to give you a static IP for a price.) -Alex
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