On 1/9/07, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >> One thing you may want to check on is if the public IP address you > > >> have changes during the night. Your DHCP lease may be expiring, and > > >> you are getting a "new" IP address. > > > > > > You really ought to get the same IP address, then. The scheme is for > > > your DHCP client (most likely within your modem, unless you use it in a > > > bridge mode) to "renew" the lease before the expiry period. > > > > > Yes, that is what "should" happen. Then again, you should not have > > to restart the modem every couple of days. But if the modem is not > > renewing the lease, and it is expiring, then a new IP address after > > power-cycling the modem would be a good indication. > > > > > If your ISP is changing IPs on you arbitrarily, I'd be looking for > > > another ISP. One that isn't so mismanaged. > > > > > An IP address that changes before you power-cycle the modem would be > > an indication of this, and as you said, time for a new ISP, if > > possible. (Some places, you do not have a choice for hi-speed > > Internet...) > > Thanks for all replies. The problem usually occurs during the night, > with aMule the sole application running. How can I check whether the > IP changed after a power cycling? (Unfortunately, I do not have many > choices of ISPs available.) Your guesses seem correct: my ISP changes my IP, or, at least, this morning the modem/router was again stuck and after a power cycling the IP was different.
It would be interesting to have a script to detect a change of IP and restart the modem after that. Perhaps, someone here know how to do such a script. Paul
