The saturn cable network is basically a large switched ethernet LAN. IP
and
other stuff can run over it; you can only see packets destined for you
and
broadcast ones. The modem doesn't know IP, AFAIK. The PC connected to
it
uses DHCP to ask another system on the network for the IP address, if I
understand the David's FAQ correctly

- donald

Brian Boutel wrote:

> David Zanetti wrote:
> >
> > A new version of the Chello FAQ up at:
> > http://members.chello.co.nz/~dave2/chello-faq.html
> >
>
> This is nice.
>
> One thing that puzzles me (re Sections 1.9 and 1.10):
> I understand from Paradise that the cable modem filtering only passes
> inwards traffic for your IP address plus broadcasts. I assume this means
> that the modem knows its own address, and that with the original
> Paradise deal this is set up at installation. With Chello, the IP
> address changes frequently. Does the modem have to be reconfigured each
> time this happens?
>
> --brian

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