Re: very short leases from D-Link DI524

[richard@the-place.net]

On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 12:14:56PM -0600, W Paul Mills wrote:
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> B. Hoffmann wrote:
>> Hi Richard,
>>
>> can't exactly help you but I've got a similar problem with a DI-604
>> wired
>> 4 port router.
>> Only it never releases and I've been running the same IP addresses on
>> the
>> corresponding machines for more than a year although it was set to renew
>> once a week and later on after three days - to no effect it seems.
>>
>> As good as static - and no, it's not set to static IP.
>>
>> Even updated firmware recently, also to no effect.
>>
>> Any tips on this here? Or maybe just to avoid D-link in the future?
>> Would
>> be a shame though because apart from this my router/modem combination
>> works really well.
>
> This is normal. I have 3 dlinks, 2 linksys and a debian box set up as a
> DHCP server. They all work this way. So what's the problem.
>

I wish mine worked like that. I got it from a box store. Here in Italy.
It'll be very difficult to persuade MediaWorld that it is faulty.

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richard