02-26-15 11:22 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about IP Address Changes-Wh   
      
    ml> @MSGID: <54EFA7CA.13762.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    ml>  On Wed, 25 Feb 2015, Ed Vance wrote to Ben Ritchey:   
   Howdy! Again Mark,   
      
    BR> It simply means when DHCP assigns that MAC an IP it's matched to   
    BR> whatever you reserve for it, or "Static" per se. i.e. MAC A:B:C:D   
    BR> set to 192.168.1.nnn   
      
    EV> My MAC has 6 groups and one of them is over 255,   
      
    ml> what do you mean "over 255"?? MACs are 6 groups of 2 characters   
    ml> 0-9a-f... if you are seeing 6 groups with 4 characters of   
    ml> 0-9a-f, then you are seeing an IPv6 address... both generally   
    ml> use the ':' (colon) character to split the groups...   
      
   I was confused again, I was thinking that a Hex Number in the MAC   
   Address that had two letters, was greater than 255, DUH, I forgot   
   255 is Hex FF, what I saw was something like BD in the MAC Address.   
   Sorry - I guess I'll never get close to becoming Mister Know-It-All.   
      
    EV> I don't think the XP box would like one of the numbers in the IP   
    EV> Address being 256 or over?   
      
    ml> if it was coded correctly, modulo (aka clock) arithmetic would   
    ml> be applied... 256 would be 0, 257 would be 1, 266 would be   
    ml> 10... in other words, they would wrap back to zero each time   
    ml> the passed 255... this is also known as remainder arithmetic ;)   
      
   Thanks for that.   
      
    EV> I can't remember the name right now, but remember reading about   
    EV> that in a Kim Komando newsletter some time ago.   
      
    BR> Sounds like a Proxy server or something {shrug}   
      
    EV> I looked it up, it is called OPENDNS.   
    EV> I'd still think BELL TEL wouldn't like my changing the DNS   
    EV> settings.???   
      
    ml> they can't stop you... the best they can do is to block access   
    ml> to external (outside their network) DNS servers... i never use   
    ml> my ISP's DNS servers... i always use one of the groups of   
    ml> public DNS servers... i don't use opendns because of their   
    ml> filtering of certain addresses and/or domains... if i want   
    ml> something filtered, i'll do it myself so that i know that it is   
    ml> done properly and by my standards ;)   
      
   Looks like I got another Search to do to see about 'Public DNS Servers'   
   and if I would be interested in them.   
   Probably not, because I don't run any servers here.   
      
    EV> I do apprciate all the help everyone is giving me.   
      
    EV> Last night before I switched from the Limited Users Account to a   
    EV> Admin Account, I unplugged the CAT-5 wire from the back of the XP   
    EV> box, and while in the Admin Account I plugged it back in and saw a   
    EV> strange mix of numbers in the IP Address.   
      
    ml> "strange mix"?? can you provide an example? it may be that you   
    ml> were seeing what's known as a local-link address... they start   
    ml> with 169...   
      
   Yes!, it did start with 169.   
   Does a Local-LInk-Address of 169 settle down to a 192 number if left   
   alone?  Thanks.   
      
    EV> After playing with it a while, I right-clicked the LAN icon on the   
    EV> Network Connection page in CP and Disabled the LAN, and then   
    EV> Enabled the LAN a short time later, and lo and behold it gave me a   
    EV> x.x.x.100 IP Address in the Status window. It sure made me happy   
    EV> seeing that dot 100 and now Wallwatcher and Getlog are working as   
    EV> they should.   
      
    ml> basically what you did was to force your networking to drop the   
    ml> existing lease and then request a new one from the DHCP server   
    ml> in your modem/router thingee...   
      
   Yep, but I 'had' to open a Admin Account to do that procedure.   
   I ain't figured out how to get the other Control Panel options to be   
   put on my XP desktop so I can right-click - RunAs... on it as I did   
   for the Clock Option, when I want to see the Seconds display in the   
   Clock window.   
      
   C:\windows\system32\timedate.cpl  is what the shortcut Properties are   
   set at, and I use that icon when I want to see the Computer Clock Time   
   so I can adjust a portable clock in my room and carry it around the   
   house to set my clocks to the correct time.   
      
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