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Date:	Fri, 4 Jan 2002 13:57:02 PST7
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Cable connect analyze

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Sheridan George wrote:
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> Ray Davison wrote:
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> > Is there a way to determine what element is not connecting; router,
> > modem, ISP? I can access the router thru a URL but that just indicates
> > no connect.
> >
> You didn't tell us what router you are using but since you said it can be accessed by a URL I > guessing it is an SMC.
>
SMC7004BR (R1.93s)

> I'm also guessing that your cable provider requires DHCP and that your IP lease runs out.
>
> If both guesses are correct there is a setting in the SMC that tells it to renew the DHCP lease before the lease runs out. That should fix the problem.
>

I found Primary setup / Renew IP forever enable ( Auto-reconnect )
If I then click the renew box under Side note, Remaining lease time goes
to 01:05:00, and starts to count down. Apparently the lease time from
mt ISP is 1:05.

> When @home went bankrupt and Adelphia took over my cable service I had to switch from a static IP to
> DHCP. I'm using an SMC and with the "renew the lease" switch set I'm on as soon as any of my
> computers boot up.
>
> For the fun of it I check my IP from time to time to see what it is. In the month that I've > > had Adelphia, my IP hasn't changed even though the lease is for 2 hours at a time. It would > > change if I ever unplugged the modem or router (neither have a switch).
>
Are you saying it stays at two hours or resets to two hours whenever you
bring the first machine online?

Ray

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