[geeks] Stoopid question re: cable ISP, modem, router bonding

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Jonathan Katz <jon at jonworld.com>
>Date: 2008/03/12 Wed AM 09:00:23 CDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] Stoopid question re: cable ISP, modem, router  bonding

>On Mar 12, 2008, at 9:54 AM, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>
>> Here's the question - am I correct in assuming that the cable modem  
>> bonded to the MAC address on the previous router and wouldn't  
>> release another IP address to another MAC? My thinking is that by  
>> power-cycling the "router" I wiped the old DHCP lease from the  
>> tables and the router could hand out a new IP.
>
>That is SOP for the cable modem companies in some parts.
>
>The way around it is to set the routers to have a matching MAC.  
>You're not going to have both plugged in at the same time, are you?

No - I don't want/need dual routers installed at the same time. I may want to hang my "spare" WRT off in a DMZ and offer a public Internet connection using a NoCat-type solution running on the router/AP, but first I have to get serious and secure my wireless network...

Lionel