[ale] OT From static to DHCP

[Megan Golding]

On Fri, 2002-01-18 at 21:49, Michael E. Barker wrote:
> I have @home (which has been in trouble for a while) through Comcast my
> cable provider.  I just recieved an email saying I need to reconfigure
> from static to DHCP with their new high-speed service or lose
> connctivity.
> 
> Does anyone have experience with this.  I have succesfully configured
> DHCP for lan in the past but cable does not want to cooperate.

My cable provider (AT&T RoadRunner) uses MAC address 
authentication for their DHCP leases. Before I could 
get a lease, I had to call AT&T with the MAC address 
of my NIC. Perhaps Comcast has a similar policy.

Regards,
Megan Golding


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