On Wed, Jan 12, 2000 at 01:05:45PM -0500, Jeff Graves wrote:
> How in the hell can they use dynamic IPs if you're "always
> connected"? Wouldn't that require a static ip?
>
Nope, that's what DHCP is for. This provides a mechanism to
renew/replace IP addresses on the fly. Normally, while the
box is up, the IP address is just renewed when the lease time
runs out. However, in rare situations, it will get replaced.
When it gets replaced, there is technically a few milliseconds
when you can't talk to anyone, and of course, all open conections
would get dumped, but that's the way it works.
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