[dba-Tech] Modems

Drew,

My experience with Macs ended in 1990. I haven't hardly even sniffed a Mac
since then.

>> holler if you need more details on anything <<

First, an acronym check: what does MAC stand for, as in MAC address?

Second, in your discussion about DHCP I gathered that when a w/s makes a
DHCP request, the DHCP server may not actually be on that LAN, correct? We
have a Novell NetWare 5.1 LAN and I see that the DHCP server NLM isn't
loaded on the server. Thus the cable modem routes the request to the cable
company's DHCP server, yes?

I've been examining the configuration of an old Windows 98 SE 133 MHz
Pentium system that I have set up right next to my main Windows 2000 Pro
w/s. This Win98 w/s logs into our NetWare LAN just fine, but the IP address
is one of those 169 jobbies--which I used Gibson's IPAgent to determine.
Winipcfg shows me the subnet mask (255.255.0.0, just as you said) but I
don't see a way to change it with that tool. If I look at the TCP/IP
protocol settings in the control panel, it's set to acquire an IP address
automagically and DNS is disabled.

If I set the IP address, to what should I set it? When I ping my Win2k w/s
from the Win98 w/s I get the same error I got when I tried pinging from my
sons' WinXP Home system: Host not reachable. When I try to ping the Win98
system from my Win2k w/s I get a timeout.

I can't quite discern what this means when I refer to your IP essay, though.
Any ideas?

Steve Erbach
Scientific Marketing
Neenah, WI

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