Re: Loose Internet Connection Overnight

From: paul blitz (paul.blitz_at_centia.net)
Date: 11/08/04 

Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 13:28:53 -0000

If the guy has a "NAT Firewall / Router" between his PC and the ISP, then
how can it be a DHCP issue between the PC and the ISP? It's the ROUTER that
gets the IP address from the ISP, not the PC.

In turn, the router is probably running a DHCP server, and the PC would get
its address from that... so I can't see that being "unavailable" or
whatever.

Someone else in this thread commented that a NAT firewall would be enough to
protect a PC, when zonealarm wasn't active. Well, all I will say is that *I*
certainly wouldn't trust a mere NAT firewall. Yes, NAT is better than
nothing, but it provides a very limited level of protection.

Paul

""Crash" Dummy" <dvader@deathstar.mil> wrote in message
news:10or6pr1umm96c6@corp.supernews.com...
> >The cable company is active 24/7 unless their network is down. There is
> >nothing to wake-up at the ISP. There is something else going on there
with
> >your situation that has nothing to do with the ISP.
>
> Network DHCP subscriptions have to be renewed regularly, the time varying
from
> system to system. If traffic between your computer and the DHCP server is
> blocked overnight, you may lose the subscription and have to reinitiate
the
> subscription with a new request.
> --
> Dave "Crash" Dummy - A weapon of mass destruction
> crash@gpick.com?subject=Techtalk (Do not alter!)
> http://lists.gpick.com
>
>

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