ip lease/renew

[AledJ]

I looked at my router log today and saw that it had communicated with VM servers twice (i.e it asked for a new lease from VM) I then went to command prompt and typed ipconfig /all to check the lease expiry date. It said it would expire in 2147- is that normal ???

[Splash]

That lease is the DHCP lease for your machine, and the period of validity is set by the DHCP server in your router.

[AledJ]

That lease is the DHCP lease for your machine, and the period of validity is set by the DHCP server in your router.

So its nothing to worry about then?

[watercooled]

Nope.

[Splash]

Unless you expect to run out out of available ip addresses within your DHCP scope before then, no.

That's a no, then

[AledJ]

Noticed in my router log that over the last two days this has appeared:

DHCP Client: [WAN]Domain name = cable.virginmedia.net
DHCP Client: [WAN]Send Request, Request IP=----------
DHCP Client: [WAN]Receive Offer from ------------------
DHCP Client: [WAN]Domain name = cable.virginmedia.net
DHCP Client: [WAN]Send Discover
DHCP Client: [WAN]Send Release

But it appeared twice yesterday, and once today. Is that normal? I looked in the router settings and the lease renew is set to forever.

[watercooled]

Nah seriously it's nothing to worry about.

[AledJ]

Nah seriously it's nothing to worry about.

Ok thanks again

[Splash]

That's basically your router asking the Virgin DHCP server for a new ip address, or a new lease for the same one. It's normal behaviour, so you can put your tin foil hat away