chaostic
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Posted: July 02 2008,02:03 |
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| Quote (vendion @ July 01 2008,21:44) | | That is only for hours and seconds, is that the best that pump can do? I guess I could figure the exact number of hours there is in a year and lease the IP for that, but that is just kind of a weird thing to do. |
You can use bash to do the math for you.
days:
pump -i [interface] -l $(( days * 24 ))
weeks:
pump -i [interface] -l $(( days * 7 * 24 ))
months (30 days)
pump -i [interface] -l $(( days * 30 * 24 ))
And pump is an old redhat dhcp client daemon. It is neither full featured, nor would there be a reason for someone to use a dhcp server when they want year long dhcp address.
The whole idea that behind dhcp is that you have a group of changing computers and limited ips. For a small set of home computers, dhcp is just laziness. It's a super lazy convenience.
Your real problem, is that your dhcp server is for some reason giving you a different ip on renewals. By any chance, is the dhcp license expiring before renewals? Is the same thing happening for any other computer on your network? I have about 6 on my wireless and 2 wired computers, and depending on which one is off while another turns on by day 10, the ips would change around. Kinda annoying, sometimes, but I like not having to worry about static ips. (That, and by now, every laptop and desktop in my house have their license expire on a different day 10).
Could you just set up a static ip address and be done with it?
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