Re: cable modem choices

2001-10-18 Thread Chris BeHanna
On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Dennis Mathiasen wrote: > I haven't been able to locate information on how these things > actually work. Apparently the ISP just uses DHCP, but what about > any authentication? My ISP expects a certain MAC address. > Are the modems themselves all functionally the same?

Re: cable modem choices

2001-10-17 Thread Doug Barton
On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Dennis Mathiasen wrote: > > I haven't been able to locate information on how these things actually work. > Apparently the ISP just uses DHCP, but what about any authentication? These items are generally very different between providers. You're generally better off le