J. Scott Kasten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
>I'm not convinced that this etiology is totally correct, (although is
>on the right track.)
>
>Smith didn't indicate whether it was an NT server offering the DHCP.
>For argument's sake, I'll assume it is. The NT server keeps a hash
>with your mac and assigned address. Even if you request a new lease,
>you should still get the same address unless you declined the old for
>some reason. <rest snipped...>
Frankly, I have no idea what operating system swbell.net uses for its
DHCP server. As per my original question, whatever server they do use
treats my Windows box differently than it treats my Linux box when it
asks for an IP lease.
Since I strongly suspect their DHCP server software doesn't change
just because I connect with DSL with one brand of client OS vs
another, it seems quite logical that there is a difference in how
Windows makes the DHCP request vs Linux which causes SW Bell's DHCP
server to respond differently. To my layman's logic, the first answer
I received seemed quite compelling.
As noted in my original request, it really doesn't matter to me
whether I can make Linux respond in this case like Win98 or not. I
simply found it an interesting phenomenon and was curious as to why it
might be this way.
No intention to cause a fuss.
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