In article <[log in to unmask]>,
[log in to unmask] (Clayton L. Hines) wrote:
 
> In article <[log in to unmask]>,
> [log in to unmask] (Chris Carman) wrote:
>
> >In article <[log in to unmask]>,
> [log in to unmask] (Micah James Cooper) writes:
> >> The IP numbers are static enough you could probably get away with putting
> >> a web server on your machine and making your VAX page refer to it.  Just
> >> don't leave it off for over 24 hours ;)  (or, write a little script that
> >
> >So if I restart my computer now, it'll have the same IP address?  Hmmm..
>
>
> *NO*!  This is *not* the case.  There is absolutely nothing stopping the
> DHCP server from giving out a perfectly free address to a client, even if
> that address wasn't perfectly free just 10 seconds ago.  Your address is
> *not* static.
 
> Clayton L. Hines
>
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So, how exactly are the IP numbers determined?  I don't think that mine has
ever changed.  Granted, I don't check it every time I boot up, but the time
that I have, it has *always* been the same.  Am I just lucky?
Also, are the numbers related to my wall box?  I've noticed that my
neighbor consistently has a number differing from mine by two.
 
Just curious :)
 
Thanks
Dan Beekman