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Ethernet Adapter Question
Can someone explain to me what this information means? I am trying to understand which of my devices is using the most data. I searched the ipconfig data and found this on the Ethernet Adapter data, ...
DHCP ip address lease?
Thanks for the reply, but I am new to this, so I don't understand the reply. Is there reason for the leasing and how would I find out who is leasing? Thanks
Quest77 wrote:Thanks for the reply, but I am new to this, so I don't understand the reply. Is there reason for the leasing and how would I find out who is leasing? Thanks
To be able to communicate with others, an ethernet network adapter needs to get an IP address from somewhere. Your router acts as DHCP server and assigns IP addresses to everything connected to it. DHCP is dynamic which means, among others, an IP address is valid for a specific time. After that, it either needs to be renewed or dropped. Renewing happens at half-point so if the lease time is 1 day (24 hours), the renewel happens after 12 hours have passed.
Thank you for the education, that's very helpful and appreciated.