Baffled by a Cable Modem

Frank Cox theatre at sasktel.net
Wed Jun 17 22:56:30 UTC 2009


On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:38:44 -0500
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:

> I am not sure of the exact cause, but I have speculated that it has
> a dhcp server with only one IP address in its address pool. It will
> not give that IP address to another NIC until the lease expires, or
> the server is restarted...

The cable company that I do some occasional tech work for has a setup where
each modem is "entitled to" a certain number of IP addresses, the entitlement
depending on the service level that's being paid for.  It won't give a modem
any more IP addresses until the modem is reset by the guys in the NOC.

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MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com




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