are you asking whether it can act as a dhcp server to hand out addresses
to the lan, or whether it acts as a dhcp client to obtain an ip address
from paradise?

in any case the connection is raw and unprotected. its like sex without
a condom, anything can get in or out, and will get in. hell vik olliver
on the nzlug list had a virus attack on a win machine (off his work lan)
before it was even finished installing the other day.

You do there fore need a firewall of some sort. 


On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:42:56 +1200
"Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I have offered to help set up a friends home network but I want some info
> before I go to his house so I am prepared.
> 
> Does anyone on list know if the S5100i cable modem connected via
> Paradise/Telstra Clear can use dhcp?
> 
> Yes I have already Googled for the info which suggests it can but it seems
> that Paradise set his 3 computers (connected one at a time at the moment)
> with static addresses. Paradise's help desk is not even open yet.
> 
> TIA - Rob
> 

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