> Quoting Paul O'Neil :
> 
> > Excuse me for asking an old question here but Ive been running SuSE 
with a
> > cable modem for a couple months. About 5-6 weeks ago the internet 
access
> > was
> > not working and I rebooted noticing I came up with a new IP 
address, and it
> > worked fine. How does it work exactly when the cable company 
releases and
> > renews an ip address. Do they merely setup their system to issue 
new ip
> > addresses when cusomters reboot their computer or does it take 
affect
> > immediately and it caused the internet disruption that required a 
reboot or
> > at least a network reload? If so, can this be detected 
automatically and
> > taken care of or is that just how it works?
> 
> A DHCP client daemon (dhcpcd, pump) can do this automatically.  Some 
cable
> companies apparently reassign the same address over and over when the 
leases run
> out, so you get away without a daemon for long enough to make you 
think you
> don't need one. :-)
> 
> Ronan
> 
> Is what your talking about, this process is running all the time. root       422  0.0  0.4  1332  500 ?        S    03:18   
0:00 /sbin/dhcpcd -D -N -Y -t 999999 -h cable-modem-1 eth0If alright then maybe coincidence, I'll wait and see when I get another 
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