Ignorant mass-media strikes again

Wed Dec 9 23:38:10 UTC 1998

DHCP should ALWAYS assign the same address to a requester. The request 
is always made for the same address. If that address is available, it
is assigned. Assuming the address space assigned to DHCP is
reasonable, you address should never change after a brief
disconnection.

R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman at es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634