[Re: Hi]

[Daniel R . Kilbourne]

No, it is not static. You can lose the address, although it does not happen often. They use Microsoft 
DHCP, which pings an address before assigning it. So, if your modem is off, it is possible to lose your IP.

By the way, running ANY service is against their AUP.



Ben Holcomb extolled:
> 
> >Getting an AT&T cable modem going is pretty simple.  They'll give you a
> >hostname, something like "C-1337-FOO", on the work order for the
> >connection.  You connect your machine to the cablemodem via Ethernet, then
> >you run "dhcpcd -h C-1337-FOO eth0" and you're good to go.  Keep in mind
> >that they block incoming traffic to port 80 and cap the upstream at 128...
> >evil idiots.
> 
> Actually, you can just use the IP# they give you on the work order and use 
> ifconfig eth1 24.179.164.140 broadcast 24.179.164.255 netmask 
> 255.255.255.0. They claim its dynamic, but its really just a Static IP. The 
> Hostname doesn't even seem to matter, although I've got a Motorola 
> Surfboard 4100 (I picked it up at Circuit City)...  And, they don't seem to 
> be blocking port 80 yet in Lansing. I have apache running on my machine and 
> its accessible from the outside.
> 
> Ben
> 
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Daniel R. Kilbourne
daniel.kilbourne@corecomm.com
CoreComm Systems Engineering
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