"Jonathan Hutchins" <hutchins@opus1.com> wrote:

> > nice if TW would offer static IP's

> Mine only changes if I go down for a while, even a quick reboot usually
gets
> the same address.

  I call this a "persistent" (but yet still dynamic) IP address.  As a
practical matter, as long as you reboot before the DHCP lease expires,
you'll get the same address  But there are no gurantees.  In theory, the
DHCP server can decide not to renew leases.