RE: [tlug] Yet Another ISP Question - dynamic IP addresses

[<burlingk@example.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Bawden
> Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 12:44 PM
> On 11/17/07, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:
>> What you could try, Keith, is using the -r option to dhcpcd (I assume
>> dhclient has it too).  Just probe the address space available to DHCP
>> until you get a different address.  I suspect that most providers will
>> configure to ignore/refuse this option, but worth a shot.
> 
> Also, not surprisingly when I call ISPs to try and elicit information
> reference their DHCP setup they sort of clam up and not want to
> cooperate at all. Mysterious ;)
>

I managed to miss the original post, so I am shooting in the dark...
Anyway, is it something you could simulate with a local network?  Put
a handful of machines together in a small net, and switch their IP's
arround periodically?

-- 
Ken