Re: Who is my router talking to?

From: Steven Kurylo <sk_at_no.spam.please>
Date: Tue Jun 19 2007 - 15:00:05 CST

> Some cablemodems have built-in DHCP servers, although I've not yet
> figured out what the purpose is. They typically use an IP address of
> 192.168.100.1, and hand out IPs like that. The DHCP server is generally
> only active when the modem is offline and hasn't yet picked up its
> configuration from the cable company. Nothing to be particularly
> worried about.

This is the magic answer. The shaw modems, when they can't sync to
the head end, run their own DHCP server on 192.168.100.1.
Received on Tue Jun 19 15:29:20 2007

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