Re: Ignorant mass-media strikes again

["Kevin Oberman" <oberman () es net>]

DHCP should ALWAYS assign the same address to a requester. The request 
is always made for the same address. If that address is available, it
is assigned. Assuming the address space assigned to DHCP is
reasonable, you address should never change after a brief
disconnection.

R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman () es net                       Phone: +1 510 486-8634