At 11:01 PM 2/8/00 +0000, Richard Adams wrote:
>On Tue, 08 Feb 2000, warren11 wrote:
>> I have not needed dhcp for cablemodem setups and noone else that I know
>> has used it, I could be wrong.
>
>Well i cant say your wrong about people you know, but i can say you
>wrong about NOT having to use dhcp, we do over here in Europe, at
>least with the providers in this country you do.
Before this argument gets too unpleasant, let me toss in a word. Warren is
talking about a specific provider, @Home, not generic cable-modem service.
@Home is a particular **brand** of cable-modem service, but (oddly enough)
it does not identify a particular **technical** method of service
provision. @Home technology varies a lot from place to place; the Cable
Modem mini-HowTo I think I posted a reference to recently (URL
http://people.ce.mediaone.net/hey19/cable_modem_ht/Cable-Modem.html)
contains notes for @Home that detail some of the city-by-city differences.
Some cities use static addresses.
@Home is also, by repute at least, difficult to get working with Linux. No
doubt this too varies by geography. But the lessons are:
1. If it works, don't knock it.
2. Don't assume that what works for you will work for
an @Home subscriber in a different city.
------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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