Re: ip changed after sometime using dhcp

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (19/08/03 18:15), jqdkf@army.com wrote:
> 
> I'm using DHCP to connect to the network, and I use ssh to contral
> another machine. The problem is, my ip address is always changing. This
> makes my ssh die. I wonder if it is because of my configure file is not
> correct or is the common way of DHCP. By the way, I have never changed
> the default config file. I'm using dhclient v3.0.1 under sarge.
> Thanks in advance.
> 
It sounds as though the lease times on the DHCP server are not long enough.

A simple solution is to use a static IP address but this will depend on
your ability to manually assign an IP address at the server end.

HTH

Clive