[Re: Hi]

[Ben Holcomb]

At 04:55 PM 09/09/01, you wrote:
>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.

What seems to be happening here, at least, what looks like is happening by 
looking at my modem "status web 'server'" is that the actual coax input on 
the modem is like its own NIC.. and has its own MAC address.. And that it 
obtains an IP in the 10.*.*.* range from the DHCP server which happens to 
be 24.179.208.91. Now, it also is given the outside IP address by the DHCP 
server, which from all experience with people who use @home, stays static 
for years on end. I could be wrong, but this is what seems to be happening.



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Ben Holcomb
ben@bholcomb.com