Re: "Lease obtained; lease expires" - can someone explain these?

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: : : In a typical Windows network the DHCP client will
: : : request a renewal before
: : :
: : : the end of the lease (half way throguh, I think). You
: : : can force a renewal using the command "ipconfig
: : : /renew".
: :
: : Or if it is only a small number of, or only one PC, you
: : can turn it off and use static addressing. Google for
: : it.
: : One advantage of static addressing is with wireless
: : connections, where if the connection is towards the
: : limits of its range, not having to re-negociate a lease
: : can make the connection more reliable.
: : But if you don't know much about PC config,
: : stick with DHCP unless you have connection problems.

The problem with static addressing on a laptop is when you want to use it out and about on a commercial wireless network, which will be using DHCP. Your statically addressed laptop will never see the network to log on.

Ivor

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