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Subject: Re: [PATCH] dynamic IP support for 2.4.0 (SIOCKILLADDR)
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On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 07:31:36PM +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote:

> Unfortunately getting the same IP is rare now, so I've been toying with

Pretty much dependant of the type of equipment and the configuration used
at the ISP's servers.  I use two ISPs when I'm back in Germany of which
the one always and the other one never gives me the same IP when I
reconnect within some short time.

(Guess which one I prefer ...)

  Ralf