Re: Stable Debian == obsolete??

[Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>]

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On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 01:33:13AM +0000, Pigeon wrote:
> ...speaking of such things - if the remote machine gets a different
> IP, through DHCP, every time it boots, is there a more elegant way I
> can discover this IP than having the remote machine email me when it
> boots?

You don't get a different IP every time you boot unless you boot once
after the IP release.  Usually, you try to renew your lease halfway
through the lease to keep the possibility of it expiring when you
still need it to an absolute minimum, and doesn't get flushed back
into the released pool for usually twice the lease interval.  If
you're wondering how DHCP identifies your machine to tell it's the
same: your NIC's MAC address.

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