michaeltee
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My ISP (Charter Pipeline) offers only "dynamic" broadband cable service. I've found that when using my D-Link router in dynamic mode (default setup) I often have problems with false "404" DNS errors (i.e.; "this page cannot be displayed") and/or web pages that download with (red x) place markers where small graphic images should be. Updating my router's firmware to the latest stable version improved it's performance however the errors still occur albeit less often.
On the other hand, if I switch the router to "static" mode and manually enter the necessary settings, everything works great. Since I seem to be unable to fully resolve the problems in dynamic mode I'm wondering what sort of future issues I'm likely to encounter if I go with static mode on a full-time basis. To be more specific, my understanding is that the ISP will change certain settings from time to time since this is the nature of a dynamic broadband connection.
With that in mind, my questions are:
1) What settings will most likely be changed by the ISP?
2) How often might the changes occur?
3) Are there any workarounds to minimize the inconvenience?
My router is a D-Link "DI-624" (Version "C", firmware version 2.42). If it makes any difference, the router has an option to set a "Static DHCP"
Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom ;-)
-Mike
On the other hand, if I switch the router to "static" mode and manually enter the necessary settings, everything works great. Since I seem to be unable to fully resolve the problems in dynamic mode I'm wondering what sort of future issues I'm likely to encounter if I go with static mode on a full-time basis. To be more specific, my understanding is that the ISP will change certain settings from time to time since this is the nature of a dynamic broadband connection.
With that in mind, my questions are:
1) What settings will most likely be changed by the ISP?
2) How often might the changes occur?
3) Are there any workarounds to minimize the inconvenience?
My router is a D-Link "DI-624" (Version "C", firmware version 2.42). If it makes any difference, the router has an option to set a "Static DHCP"
Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom ;-)
-Mike