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Authored by: paulsomm on Oct 09, '05 06:13:11PM

Actually, it does and is the standard way this is accomplished on many unix variants. If your IP isn't changing, it's not your Mac's fault but your DHCP server. Remember, DHCP leases happen one of two ways: 1, the client requests an address and the server agrees to hand it out (this is how renewing an existing lease works) or 2, the DHCP server has an entry for your network card's MAC address and will only hand out the IP it has assigned to it already (this is how static leases work, and how many home-firewalls work until the DHCP lease time is reached).

You may have to delete your entry in your DHCP server if you're not seeing your IP change on the Mac.



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