They don't assign static addresses via dhcp lease, you just tend to keep 
the lease as long as you don't let it lapse (your router stays online). 
  If you bought a static address (i think you need business services for 
this), then you need to configure it as static, non-dhcp.  Otherwise a 
new mac==new ip lease, which you got there.

-mb

On 08/30/2012 11:33 AM, keith smith wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Last night, after 6 years of good loyal service, my D-Link router died.
> I just happened to have a never used 2 year old Netgear router in my
> closet. I hooked it up and everything was fine at first. I have a static
> IP and it changed. I called Cox and was told I needed to configure my
> router to tell them what my IP is. I'm not a network guru, so this hit
> me kind of strange. I thought they assigned IP's.
>
> Any thoughts on this are much appreciated.
>
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