Re: Problem with Cable Moden & Router.

On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 02:50:37 GMT, Mark Healey wrote:

The only reason I wanted to use DHCP was name servers. If I have a static
setup and my ISP changes their nameservers frequently, I'd always be
manually changing them.

Your router should hold ISP nameservers for you. You would have to use
it's nameserver or write some code to pull/test the values from your router
if it lets you have access to that info.
.

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