heyas! RE: Highway1.

[mikebw at bilow.bilow.uu.ids.net (Mike Bilow)]

Jerry Feldman wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:

 JF> Currently, the service provides a single ip address to the
 JF> host computer. It  is served via dhcp. There is no special
 JF> software that is loaded into a system  by the Highway1
 JF> installers. All your system needs is a DHCP client. The MAC 
 JF> address on your ethernet card is checked by the dhcp server,
 JF> so the ip address  request must be done on the system that
 JF> contains the ehternet card with the  correct MAC address.
 JF> (BTW: The cable modem also has an IP address). 

Does the DHCP response always return the same IP address?  Don't forget that a
BOOTP client looks on the wire a heck of a lot like a DHCP client.

 JF> Although I have not tried it, others have used one system to
 JF> acquire the ip  address, then have brought up linux with
 JF> that ip address. The reason that my  Alpha Linux system has
 JF> languished a bit is that it did not have a monitor. I  just
 JF> bought one this weekend. 

So the Ethernet MAC address is checked once during the DHCP exchange, and never
checked at any other time?
 
-- Mike