manual Cox cable config

[Gontran]

* Lisa Winkler (lmw@po.cwru.edu) wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-01-19 at 01:31, Gontran wrote:
> 
> Is there some new terms of service document that I haven't found yet? 

http://support.cox.net/custsup/policies/acceptableuse.shtml

> 
> You don't need the install CD, you just need to get your DHCP configured

That's what I thought.

> I also filed my CD in the trash.
:)

> 
> I talked to a cox tech support person about a month ago, and
> miraculously got a person with at least half a clue.  He explained that
> while (as you probably know) the @home network uses hostnames to map to
> IPs in the DHCP server, the new cox network will use MAC addresses.  I
> think they preloaded the cox.net DHCP servers with the MAC <-> IP
> mappings from their @home servers.  (Though I wasn't clear on this
> point).  At any rate, when you transition over to cox.net it should
> recognize your MAC address and assign you the same old IP you always
> had.  I am not sure why changing the hostname *before* transitioning
> makes a difference, but I didn't feel any burning desire to change it
> before I knew everything was up and running, and everything went fine.

Very interesting.  So the 4 hour lease is likely in preperation for
the eventual network migration which will take place at some indeterminant
time in the future...

Thanks for the tips lmw.

Gontran