Re: [Sheflug] Printer sharing, NFS and ADSL IP addresses.

["Chris J/#6" <nospam [at] nccnet.co.uk>]

> I also heard that it uses dynamic addresses which periodically change for
> the same reason I cited above.  What does worry me is that SurfTime may
> also force you to have a dynamic address. I had not heard this before,
> where did the info come from ? Imagine downloading an iso image and you
> IP changes in the middle and the site can't resume the download, some
> other twonk gets your IP and his (probably windows) machine can't cope
> with the ftp packets its just been flung.
> 

force9.service.customer-feedback :)

The reason is that the IP's are being allocated from BT's pool - as I 
understand it - force9 want to give people static IP but currently they 
can't. If I hear anything otherwise, I'll let this place know :)

Chris...


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