On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Auntie Christ wrote:
>
> I have only been able to statically configure the @Home address in Linux.
> In Windows, it works with either DHCP or static configuration. @Home's
> address management and routing configuration is poorly done - I would
> assume the reason being is too much demand for service, too few skilled
> technicians to maintain the equipment and account information.
This is the case mainly in the states.
> Another little-known factoid about @Home is that their address management
> is so shallowly monitored, that if you statically configure the DHCP
> address that they give you, you can pretty much stop paying for the
> service and continue using the address. <i> NOT </i> that I have done
> that, of course. :)
Haha no, if you plug it in they can shut it off. The control of modems is
as tight as the tv converter boxes.
> On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Ken Wilson wrote:
>
> > That is really too broad a statement to make about @Home's ip leasing.
> > Here in Victoria @Home is provided through Shaw Cable. Their leases
> > rotate on a 48 hour cycle. If your machine is not connected when your
> > lease is automatically renewed you could quite possibly get a new ip.
> > In fact, I have on 3 or 4 occasions already.
> >
> > Ken Wilson
> > First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working program is
> > irrelevant
> > (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tim Lewis
> > Sent: Monday, October 04, 1999 11:10 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [expert] Anyone been able to get their cable modems to
> > work?
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > As a matter of fact, when I setup my cable modem with @home, I was not
> > required to use DHCP. They tell you you need it, but the tech who
> > installed
> > my modem said the use of DHCP was irrelevant, and told me to set a
> > static
> > IP. This is due to the fact that they re-lease the same IP address back
> > to
> > you every week.
> >
> > <snip>
> >
>
>
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