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 > > UNIX Software Specialist email [log in to unmask] > Miami University voice 513.529.7600 > Oxford, Ohio, USA fax 513.529.1496 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