[dba-Tech] Modems

Chris,

>> For example: 00-00-0C-EC-B7-93 <<

Yeah, I've seen those but I didn't remember ever having seen an explanation
of the acronym. Thanks.

>> Urm. Not sure about this! AFAIK for DHCP to work the DHCP server _must_
be
on the same network (LAN) as the workstation requesting the IP address. Do
not confuse this with what happens when you connect to the internet via an
ISP. <<

I'll try not to! My question came about since the cable ISP changes our IP
addresses ever once in a while, when the "lease" on that temporary address
"expires", I gather. Our Novell LAN uses the old standby IPX/SPX protocol
and I never had to worry about IP addresses before. Now that my sons' PC has
stopped communicating with the GoreNet I see parallels in their setup with
the Win98 PC I use for older application support.

All I know is, if I shut down all the PCs on our LAN and shut off the Novell
file server and unplug the cable modem, and then plug the modem back in and
start up the file server, if the first PCs I turn on are my old Win98 w/s
and/or my Win95 laptop, they can both browse the web...but my sons' PC could
not (WinXP Home) nor could my wife's w/s (Win 2000 Pro). My w/s could
connect as usual. Now, this was all true some months ago. My problems with
my sons' w/s started about 3 weeks ago where it couldn't log into the
GoreNet. Unplugging the modem doesn't allow my sons' PC to connect any
longer.

>> For example. In my BAN (Bedroom Area Network) my PCs and printer server
have
static IP addresses in the range 10.0.0.1 to 10.0.0.20, but when I connect
to my dial-up ISP the machine CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET will have an
address in the 212.69.201.xxx series. <<

All of my PCs are set to fetch an IP address automatically; that is, there
are no fixed IP addresses on my LAN, though I'm not sure, now, about the
server.

Thanks for the extra info.

Regards,

Steve Erbach
Scientific Marketing
Neenah, WI

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