IP Address Problems

[dan]

On 09/01/06, dan <hentaidan at gmail.com> wrote:
> According to my ISP, my IP address has been changing every so often,
> for the last few weeks (possibly longer- they've been deleting the
> messages that come up...).

Well I think I've found the problem... whenever I invoke
"/etc/init.d/networking start" (after a "/etc/init.d/networking
stop"), and at bootup, for some reason, my computer seems to be
assigned a different IP address.

But when I deconfigure eth0 using network-admin, and then reconfigure,
I get assigned the same ("correct") IP address each time. I have to
deconfigure before a reboot, in order not to connect with a
"incorrect" IP address, and then reconfigure.

Is this a bug? Or by design? Or am I misunderstanding the usage of
"/etc/init.d/networking start"?