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[ NNSquad ] Re: ISP's resetting RealPlayer?


On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 13:52 -0700, Brett Glass wrote:
> At 11:23 AM 1/11/2008, Ron Teitelbaum wrote:

> Your interrupted streams may also stem from another cause. If you do not have a static IP address, you may find that long term connections are interrupted when your IP address is renewed or changed. In this case, it's not the result of a policy decision by the ISP at all, but just a normal and natural side effect -- and you can avoid it by paying for a static IP address.

FWIW, this is unlikely with any normal DHCP configuration.  DHCP has a
long window for lease renewal, so unless you go offline for an extended
period of time (typically a day or two), you won't change IP addresses.

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