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I-Stream DhCP Lease

  • 13-11-2003 9:55pm
    #1
    jdsiiken
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭


    Does anyone know how long an I-Stream Starter DHCP lease lasts ?


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  • #2
    hudson806
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭hudson806


    Originally posted by jdsiiken
    Does anyone know how long an I-Stream Starter DHCP lease lasts ?

    i-stream doesn't use DHCP. Instead the connection is session-based (IPCP using PPPoE), as for dial-up. The IP address will stay the same as long as the connection is unbroken.

    As eircom only uses routers for i-stream, the session is kept alive by the router, so in theory, if you don't power the router down, the connection will stay alive indefinitely. That's the theory though - my connection usually stays alive for a few days at a time


  • #3
    chewb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 61 ✭✭chewb


    DHCP is emcapsulated by IPCP. So there is a DHCP request, but it's just a bit hidden.

    If you're running the PPPoE stack on your PC, then you should be able to find out the lease time by going ipconfig /all.

    Last time I looked at an eircom connection I wasn't paying much notice, but the lease time I think is 24 hours, though this does not imply that the IP address will change after 24 hours -- the client will re-request the same IP address, and may or may not get it again from the server. Most "normal" dhcp servers will re-issue the same IP address, but eircom's may not be "normal".


  • #4
    muffen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 493 ✭✭muffen


    DHCP leasetimes are set on the server. You'd have to ask Eircom what they set their leasetime to on the server side.

    If you are looking to run a server, and you're worried about the IP changing, there are tons of services on the net you can use to get a static name with a dynamic IP (http://www.dyndns.org/ being an example of a free one).


  • #5
    Redshift
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,486 ✭✭✭Redshift


    I'm open to correction on this but I belive I was told by an Istream tech that the lease is 99 Days. It was sometime ago though.


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