Morgan Evanar
Aug 1st, 2002, 02:57:21 PM
As many of you know, some people here use comcast in Missouri.
I find that fairly remarkable considering how god awful it was in Tallahassee, but thats a bit beside the point.
Anyway, Comcast assigns a limited number of IPs per area, as does most any ISP.
This assignment is based on your physical address number, specificially the cable modem, and your machine's network identity.
For example:
(Description : Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter(LNE100TX v4)
Physical Address. : 06-03-3D-00-86-00
Each and every one of those is unique.
I call my little laptop "lappeh"
So whenever you sign on, the DCHP server goes "Oh hey, look, its lappeh, and his physical layer # matches what we have. Here's ip 24.60.128.XXX"
The pool of possible IPs, being assigned out on a purely local basis (per specific cable loop usually) gives it a really limited range.
They usually change every 3-4 days, or whenever you cold boot your cable modem.
I find that fairly remarkable considering how god awful it was in Tallahassee, but thats a bit beside the point.
Anyway, Comcast assigns a limited number of IPs per area, as does most any ISP.
This assignment is based on your physical address number, specificially the cable modem, and your machine's network identity.
For example:
(Description : Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter(LNE100TX v4)
Physical Address. : 06-03-3D-00-86-00
Each and every one of those is unique.
I call my little laptop "lappeh"
So whenever you sign on, the DCHP server goes "Oh hey, look, its lappeh, and his physical layer # matches what we have. Here's ip 24.60.128.XXX"
The pool of possible IPs, being assigned out on a purely local basis (per specific cable loop usually) gives it a really limited range.
They usually change every 3-4 days, or whenever you cold boot your cable modem.