Hmmmm, I haven't had any bad experiences yet. Of course, when I boot my OpenBSD, I simply did 'dhclient interface' and then fired up my pf rules to block most everything (including dhcp trafic. Have had the same IP, and never a blip in service. IPSec has had me tuned into the office non-stop since COX left my home :-) On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 11:21:51AM -0700, David A. Sinck wrote: I just thought I would pass this on to the faithful ... I just got off the phone with cox and apparently, the conversion process didn't happen 100% of the time on their side. I was experiencing inter.....mi...ttent pauses of 4-8s which front line immediately diagnosed as afu on their side. * he had me power down the modem * he purged my modem + "computer" records (I assume the mac addr, but who knows) * he readded same * had me release/renew DHCP ... which kept me on the same IP Dunno if it's fixed, but it's apparently common. YMMV, David ________________________________________________ See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss