Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 23:06:45 -0500 From: "gLaNDix" <glandix@lloydix.2y.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cable modem Message-ID: <008901c138e4$d94ebec0$0200a8c0@2y.net>
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> I am wandering why cable modem provider can have > static ip to her customer. > > At least one IP for one house. In addition, IP is not > sufficent in the internet now. How they can do that? I believe it's done by DHCP... basically, rather than adding your modem's MAC address to the pool of verified users, it designates a certain IP address that is associated with your modem's MAC address so that whenever your modem requests an IP, the DHCP server responds with the static IP, rather than an arbitrary one... however, since IP addresses are a finite resource, often times (read: almost always) your ISP will charge you quite a bit more... personally, I have a cablemodem w/ 3 "dynamic" IPs (they haven't changed in almost 2-3 months), but I would rather trade in 2 of those IPs for 1 static IP... oh well, maybe someday when I'm out of college (again) I'll be able to afford it! : ^ ) gLaNDix ------------------------- Jesse (gLaNDix) Kaufman glandix@lloydix.2y.net http://lloydix.2y.net ------------------------- <<< FreeBSD lloydix.2y.net FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE #1: Tue Aug 14 02:48:31 CDT 2001 glandix@lloydix.2y.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/LLOYDIX i386 >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "ann kok" <annkok2001@yahoo.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2001 10:32 PM Subject: cable modem > Dear all > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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