ARIN?

Sat Nov 7 15:36:38 UTC 1998

Brandon,

What you don't seem to understand is that cable modem customers are
connected 24x7. @Home does use DHCP, but the address almost never
changes since DHCP is designed to keep assigning the same address to
the same host as long as possible. Think of them as pseudo-static.

If you are connected by dial-up, you only need an IP address while
dialed in. With a permanent, 24x7 link, you need a permanent, 24x7
address. Even if it changes, there is always an address assigned.

Being on a cable modem is effectively the same as being on a T1
(although it's a bit faster in one direction).

R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman at es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634