[geeks] Stoopid question re: cable ISP, modem, router bonding

[Jonathan Katz]

On Mar 12, 2008, at 9:54 AM, Lionel Peterson wrote:

> Here's the question - am I correct in assuming that the cable modem  
> bonded to the MAC address on the previous router and wouldn't  
> release another IP address to another MAC? My thinking is that by  
> power-cycling the "router" I wiped the old DHCP lease from the  
> tables and the router could hand out a new IP.

That is SOP for the cable modem companies in some parts.

The way around it is to set the routers to have a matching MAC.  
You're not going to have both plugged in at the same time, are you?

-Jon