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IP renewal problem!
Testlund:
I seem to be having a unique problem, because I haven't been able to find a solution anywhere. I've spent two evenings looking for answers to no avail. The problem I'm having is the following.
Every hour my computer tries to renew my IP which will cut the internet connection for a few seconds. If I'm downloading anything or try to watch a video clip for example on Youtube it will stop loading, and I have to restart from the beginning after my IP has been renewed.
I haven't find anywhere on my computer to change the time interval for the IP renewal, in other words the lease time. The only solution I've managed to find is to change it in the registry through regedit. I have entries there named 'Lease', 'LeaseObtainedTime' and 'LeaseTerminatesTime'. I tried to increase the number for Lease, click OK and then restart the computer, but the change didn't save.
So I'm wondering if anybody here has a clue and maybe how to make a change in the registry to stay put?
By the way I have Win XP Professional SP2.
Peter:
I assume you are directly connected to the internet with a modem?(not with a router or wireless)
I assume not a router/wireless becouse you have to reload youtube(direct internet)
Problem happens exactly at every hour?(exact same time differences)
To the point.
If you go to start,
Then type cmd in run(I think that is the word in english) :S
Then if you get a black screen, the dos-prompt.
Type
ipconfig/all
Last few lines are the lease-time as you got from your provider. If that is set just a hour further, I don't think it is a computer problem. Just the provider setting lease-times short and stopping having unused IP's.(what tends to cost money)
If it is set to more then an hour, then it would seen computer related, but I've got no clue what it is.
Shasta:
It sounds to me like you are using DHCP to get all your connection info from the router. I'm not at home right now so I can't check my router, but I'm fairly certain you can change the IP lease time (Probably called DHCP Lease Time or some such) on your router. Up this to how ever long you want, I think I have it set to renew every day or two.
Testlund:
--- Quote from: Peter ---I assume you are directly connected to the internet with a modem?(not with a router or wireless)
I assume not a router/wireless becouse you have to reload youtube(direct internet)
Problem happens exactly at every hour?(exact same time differences)
--- End quote ---
Yes.
--- Quote ---To the point.
If you go to start,
Then type cmd in run(I think that is the word in english) :S
Then if you get a black screen, the dos-prompt.
Type
ipconfig/all
Last few lines are the lease-time as you got from your provider. If that is set just a hour further, I don't think it is a computer problem. Just the provider setting lease-times short and stopping having unused IP's.(what tends to cost money)
If it is set to more then an hour, then it would seen computer related, but I've got no clue what it is.
--- End quote ---
Yes, it is set to renew exactly 1 hour after last renewal. I called my ISP service and asked about the problem but he said he had never heard about this problem and that the server is not supposed to renew every hour. Whatever the truth is it shouldn't cut the connection. It was not like this before.
--- Quote from: Shasta ---It sounds to me like you are using DHCP to get all your connection info from the router. I'm not at home right now so I can't check my router, but I'm fairly certain you can change the IP lease time (Probably called DHCP Lease Time or some such) on your router. Up this to how ever long you want, I think I have it set to renew every day or two.
--- End quote ---
I'm not using a router, but I get my renewal through DHCP. I haven't managed to find a way how to change this whatsoever other then fiddling with the register, but I can't save my changes there for some reason. Maybe it's not enough just to click ok after you have changed a value.
Peter:
--- Quote from: Testlund ---I haven't find anywhere on my computer to change the time interval for the IP renewal, in other words the lease time. The only solution I've managed to find is to change it in the registry through regedit. I have entries there named 'Lease', 'LeaseObtainedTime' and 'LeaseTerminatesTime'. I tried to increase the number for Lease, click OK and then restart the computer, but the change didn't save.
--- End quote ---
If you change lease, IP isn't refreshed the next hour?(you know changing the "lease works?)
I'm guesing you don't have another computer to test "this computer is the problem". :/
I still suspect lease is changed every time a new IP is asked(tested) and relies on the server. So resets it automatically if you start up the computer and you have no control about it.(more a info number then a input number)
Hereby I completely ignore the ISP-service that was called, but somehow I have a distrust about what the ones on the service-desk.
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