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RE: [ECS] Cable modem / no IP address ? A.J. Griglak Thu, 30 Nov 2000 09:31:45 -0500

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Well,  I sent this yesterday, but it never made it to the list.  My email
has been flaky...





Make sure that he is checking the pull down box so that he is checking the
Ethernet card, and not the PPP Adapter.  The PPP Adapter is virtual, so it
will always be 0.0.0.0.

Not sure if the Linksys cable modem router will fix this problem, but I
highly recommend it if he plans to have a home network.  I support small
networks, and every single one that has had a cable modem and a network has
been hit with viruses / trojan horses.  The Linksys router puts an end to
that.

Another course of action could be several services that will provide you
with a static ip address even when yours is dynamic.  I'm not sure how it
works, I have no experience with it, but I came across it in my research.
Check out
http://www.technopagan.org/dynamic/
for more information on that...

-=A.J.


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:omnip@usit.net]
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 8:46 AM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: [ECS] Cable modem / no IP address ?


Hi all,
An ECS evaluator has a cable modem (3M CMX), which apparently
required the installation of an ETHERNET card (to support it).
The problem is that his PC shows NO IP address (i.e. WINIPCFG
reports "0.0.0.0"), and hence he cannot use the WWW interface.

He spoke to his cable company about this, and they gave this
"informative" response:
   "The IP address that are assigned to all cable subscribes are
   "Dynamic IP address" approx. every 72 hours is updated, providing
   the PC is on continuously or every time you go on line.".

Any clues on this one ?
THANKS,

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