[G4] [OT] DSL Router and Ethernet Hub compatibility

[Richard Meyeroff]

>On Wednesday, February 2, 2005, at 11:48  AM, Richard Meyeroff wrote:
>
>>>Is it necessary to have the DSL modem assume the computer's address?
>>
>>It does it automatically and it is not the IP address but the MAC Address
>>
>>>I do not have DSL yet but will be using an Airport Extreme and am 
>>>paying close attention to all of this.
>>
>>I'm not sure?
>>
>
>Huh?
>In my system I have two machines a router and a cable modem.I use DHCP.
>So, the router gets the address from the IP and then assigns two 
>other addresses to my two computers.
>J

Correct but the cable modem is the using the MAC addrtess of the 
router Which allows the cable modem to do its job and use dhcp on the 
private side.


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