[ale] Question about cable modem connections

[Warren Myers]

You could preconfigure the router at your house, then send it with her.
Restarting the router forces it to regrab the IP address of the device it's
connected to (at least on the ones I've used).
WMM

On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 8:32 AM, Jim Lynch <ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com>wrote:

> Jim Kinney wrote:
> > All the cable modem crap I've dealt with require a registered MAC
> > address. So the installer sets up the box i.e. - plugs it in) and then
> > phones in to have the new device "approved" witht he MAC address of
> > the WINDOWS PC plugged into it. The modem does not provide dhcp. The
> > upstream cable service provides it.
> >
> >  I would recommend providing a broadband router of some sort (wireless
> > optional) as the WAN side by default is looking for dhcp service.
> >
> I'd never be able to get her to install and configure a router.  Surely
> I can just furnish her with the mac address if the ethernet card in the
> laptop, can't I?  I don't think there will ever be a time that more than
> that one computer is connected in that home, unless I'm there.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim.
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