[lug] AT&T CABLE MODEM

[Kenneth D. Weinert]

At 05:02 PM 5/14/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Actually, it is. The tech told me that once you get an IP, the server
>actually writes your MAC to a table and uses that indefinitely. No lease.
>Straight from a tech.


Don't bet on it. I know that's what they say but I'll guarantee that it 
changes.

I ran into a problem at work because I thought I had a fixed IP but when I 
couldn't get through the firewall any more I discovered that my IP wasn't 
as fixed as they told me it would be.