thank you for this..... I was going to ask you about lease time. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 8:52 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: > some additional reading: > http://www.tcpipguide.com/free/t_DHCPLeaseLifeCycleOverviewAllocationReallocationRe.htm > > > On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Stephen Partington > wrote: > >> Correct. the DHCP server will reassign the same IP address to the same >> mac address based on lease time and a couple of other factors. >> >> On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 7:56 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >> >>> I got a question. When I was creating virtual machines each was assigned >>> a unique ip address. Whenever I put a new os on a the same computer it gets >>> the same ip address as the previous os had. Because of this I suppose I am >>> to assume that the router keeps a record of the MAC of the networking card >>> and of the IP address assigned to it. Is that so? What about the VM? Is the >>> network card of the VM virtual as well and so has its own MAC? >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >> >> Stephen >> >> > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >