[Discuss] connection issue

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On Sun, 20 Nov 2022 11:36:15 -0500
jbk <jbk at kjkelra.com> wrote:

> <local t-mobile wireless app>
> So does this mean you are using your cell phone as a hotspot 
> connection or does t-mobile provide cable service in 
> Brookline and this is through a cable router? In either case 
> I would not bank on the same ip's being assigned to each 
> machine on a consistent basis week to week, though if the 
> router is on 24/7 and the clients are too then it can be 
> consistent. On a router you can assign static ip's for local 
> machines in the dhcp configuration but on a phone I do not 
> believe that is possible. When you turn off hotspot and then 
> on again the addresses may change depending on the order 
> each client connects to it.

It sounds like Dan has T-Mobile Home Internet service (wireless). Their
device could also be considered a router.