OT: Network problem

[Thomas D Arman]

My Linksys router appears to remember my machines' MAC addresses and keeps 
the same IP for each. 
I also have set the "Client Lease Time" to 9999 minutes, since I don't 
need to reuse IPs very often. [I think that is about a week.]
Think you might need to reset or adjust router settings?

What does it mean when you say "... it loses its connection ..."? 
What are you connecting to that you expect to maintain a TCP connection 
for any period of time?
How does "... the connection stopped working ..." exhibit itself? 
What tool are you using, when it "stops"?
What error message makes you think it has "stopped"?

Maybe with more info, someone here could help.

Tom

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Thomas (Tom) Arman


xtensionlist-bounces at shed.com wrote on 06/08/2005 11:19:40 AM:

> Giving the Mac a static IP address lets it run for a while, then it 
> loses its connection just like with DHCP, however to restore it I have 
> to tinker with the Network settings as there's no "Renew DHCP Lease" 
> button to fix it for me.
> 
> This morning, after letting the machine sit all night, the "Renew DHCP 
> Lease" button was grayed out (the Network pref panel had been left 
> open). I clicked it anyway but don't think it did anything. And the 
> network connection worked. My theory is that the "Renew" button was 
> grayed out because the lease had expired during the night so there was 
> no existing lease to renew. Evidently a new lease was obtained the 
> first time I tried to use the net. But soon the connection stopped 
> working again and had to be renewed.
> 
> The Mac doesn't appear to lose its IP address when the connection dies.
> 
> WTF?
>