Cable Modem Sharing
SA
Move the old NIC from the old PC over to the new PC, some Cable Modem ISPs
use the MAC address to control access with your CM, I have had a similiar
issue.
RJ
Lee Stone <lst...@webfunctions.com> wrote in message
news:elCxAeU$#GA.263@cppssbbsa03...
> One additional point: the cable modem NIC is set to autoconfiguration: on
> I realize that I cannot determine the lease time frame for my ISP, but I
> don't feel like that the ISP has the lease set to "0".
>
> Thanks.
>
> Lee
>
> ******************************
> Lee Stone
> lst...@webfunctions.com
> ======================
> "Embrace change and drag
> the other 95% kicking and
> screaming into the future."
> ******************************
> Lee Stone <lst...@webfunctions.com> wrote in message
> news:e67$0TU$#GA.70@cppssbbsa03...
> > For the past two years I have been using Wingate on NT 4.0 to access the
> > Internet with multiple computers. My employer also setup my cable modem
IP
> > address to pass through the company firewall for access to Lotus Notes
via
> > the Internet. My IP address never changed during that time.
> >
> > Last weekend I purchased a new computer and installed W2K Server B3,
Build
> > 2031. I enabled shared access for the NIC connected to the cable modem.
> The
> > clients on the network can access Web servers, mail, news, streaming
> > video/audio, etc., perfectly. The problem that has arisen is the fact
that
> > the cable modem IP now changes everytime that I shutdown the server for
an
> > hour or so.
> >
> > I thought that the ISP had changed the lease time frame for the
assignment
> > of IP's. I called friend who has the same service, and his address has
not
> > changed. We had a ten hour outage last night, and my address changed and
> his
> > did not. Previously, I had been offline for as long as 3 or 4 days while
> on
> > vacation, and my address did not change then. I really don't care except
> for
> > the fact that my Notes administrator is not going to change the firewall
> > setting everytime my power goes out or I shutdown my computer.
> >
> > My configuration is as follows:
> >
> > Server DHCP address block: 169.254.0.2 through 169.254.0.99
> > Server static address: 169.254.0.1
> > Cable modem address: DHCP
> >
> > Cable modem NIC: DNS set to ISP's servers
> > Server NIC: DNS set to 169.254.0.1
> >
> > Cable modem NIC set to Web sharing
> > Server NIC not sharing
> >
> > Cable modem NIC default gateway: not set
> > Server NIC default gateway: 169.254.0.1
> >
> > When I run ipconfig /all, the "lease obtained" and "lease expires" dates
> and
> > times are exactly the same. This sure looks like an opportunity to cause
> the
> > problem that I am experiencing. I cannot find any place to change this
> > setting for the cable modem NIC.
> >
> > The only other thing that I noticed that I am not sure about causing the
> > problem is the network mask. The internal network mask is 255.255.0.0
and
> > the ISP network mask is 255.255.255.0.
> >
> > This is certainly a long post, but I wanted to make sure that I included
> all
> > of the required info. Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to
> read
> > this.
> >
> > ******************************
> > Lee Stone
> > lst...@webfunctions.com
> > ======================
> > "Embrace change and drag
> > the other 95% kicking and
> > screaming into the future."
> > ******************************
> >
> >
>
>