how long is the session?
how does the hostname get resolved if the IP changes each session?
alan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Martinez [mailto:joe@...]
> Sent: Thursday, 5 December 2002 19:39
> To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [ib-support] Can't connect to server
>
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> Yes, I'm pretty sure that it's using DHCP to assign IP addresses.
> I don't
> think that's the problem here, though. Once the machine gets an IP
> address, it shouldn't change for the session. That's why you connect via
> host name.
>
> -Joe
>
> At 07:32 PM 12/5/2002 +1100, you wrote:
> >Joe,
> >DSL and cable often use DHCP to assign IP addresses. That means
> that the IP
> >address changes (or may change) each time they log off/log-on and them
> >sometimes the DHCP client cannot re-lease the same IP. This
> means that their
> >connection may be problematic.
> >Do they have a fixed IP? or is what I am refering to make sense?
> >Alan
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Joe Martinez [mailto:joe@...]
> > > Sent: Thursday, 5 December 2002 10:18
> > > To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
> > > Subject: Re: [ib-support] Can't connect to server
> > >
> > >
> > > One other thing that I didn't mention:
> > >
> > > They have DSL, and are using some sort of DSL router hub with
> > > automatic IP
> > > address assignment. Could that be the problem? Could the
> DSL router be
> > > blocking the port? How would I check that?
> > >
> > > -Joe
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