That's why your IP address didn't change.  Your MAC address didn't change.

Michael wrote:

> No MAC stayed the same, but physically I moved 5 miles away. I should 
> have had a new address, different node, and 2 days from disconnect to 
> reconnect.
>
> Don Calfa wrote:
>
>> Michael wrote:
>>
>>> They are 24 hour leases, but it gets renewed every 12hours. 
>>> Technically you should never have a new ip so long as the modem does 
>>> not lose power or you lose connectivity. I have had the same IP for 
>>> almost 2 years now, and I actually moved ( I regained the same IP, I 
>>> don't know how that happened!) The way it was taught to me was that 
>>> every time your lease is renewed the next renewal will occur half 
>>> way through the lease! I was confused as well..
>>>
>>> Charlie Bullen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi ,
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have an idea as to how long DHCP leases are on cox and 
>>>> Qwest DSL?
>>>>
>>>> The purpose of this is to determine if it is feasable to use some 
>>>> sort of remote access, most likely ssh with port forwarding,  
>>>> without paying extra for a static IP address.
>>>>
>>>> Charlie
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>> You Mac address didn't change.
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>
>
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