[NTLUG:Discuss] Slow connection to pop3

[Chris Cox]

Rev. wRy wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 16:24, Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> 
>>Ry:
> 
> 
>>The windows box uses dhcp to get an internal network
>>address (192.168.1.x), so I really can't add it to
>>the hosts file.
> 
> 
> And it lives on the same net as the mail server (192.168.x.x.)?  What's
> serving your DHCP?  I ask simply because my el cheapo routers build a
> MAC table, and 99.99999% of the time, assign the same IP to the same
> machine, regardless of what else gets plugged in, so adding a hosts
> entry won't screw up the works except for very rarely.

Actually with dhcp lease protocol, the reason why clients get the same
address back is because they request it.  The first time they request
ANY address, and the dhcp server gives out an address that is not
currently under lease.  So it is actually the client that keeps
requesting the same address.  However the server CAN respond that
the address is not available which usually results in the client
asking for ANY address again.

(I know this is a bit off topic, but just so there's no misunderstanding)