On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 09:47:13 -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Tue, 2002-09-17 at 05:19, mdevin wrote: > > Does anyone know if there is a way to try and force the DHCP server for > > your ISP to give you the IPaddress you want? > > > > I am using dhclient as my DHCP client. Basically, I want to try and > > limit the possibility that my IPaddress will change. In fact it just > > changed and I want to try and get my old IPaddress back. > > > > Is it possible to get my IPaddress back somehow? I tried pinging my old > > address and it doesn't seem to have been taken yet. > > The only way to consistently get the same address from a DHCP server is > to set up an address lease. Unfortunately, only the person administering > the DHCP server can do that. As a client, there's really not much you > can do except to call your ISP and ask to have a static IP. (They'll > most likely either say no or offer to give you a static IP for a price.) > Yeah, they say no. I can only get a fixed IP if I change technologies to ADSL / SHDSL in Australia. For now at least I have to stay with cable since I still have time on my contract. I just thought that there was a way to refuse to take a certain IPaddress and thereby force the server to issue a new one. However, I could only see how to reject all responses from a certain server and not individual IPaddresses. Thanks. Mark.
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