David,
It depends on how they do it.
Some cable providers (Charter Communications - the provider I use, for
example) use the electronic serial number of the modem as the way they
authenticate you. Others use PPPoE (which is a sort-of PPP protocol
used over cable and DSL connections)
If your new provider uses PPPoE - you're sunk as STN does not support it
(yet).
However, with the first one you have the equivelent of an "office"
network connection. You connect to the modem - get a lease - and you're
in!
There are a few small rocks in the road - you may discover that the
particular combination of cable modem and your network card makes it
difficult to get a DHCP lease -(you may have to reboot several times to
get one) If this is true, you will want to set RFC 1541 to true...
The rest - I'd just leave alone unless your particular provider rquires
them.
Jim
David C. Jenner wrote:
> I've been happily using STN for almost three years with a DSL connection
> and a static IP. I might have to change to a Cable connection that uses
> DHCP. The service provider would be AT&T@Home.
>
> I don't know everything about setting up a connection like this yet, but
> I'm trying to anticipate how I would re-configure STN to work with the
> new setup. It looks like I need to specify that the internet connection
> uses DHCP, and then an additional frame shows up in the STN setup that
> asks for the following.
>
> Class Identifier:
> Client Identifier:
> Host Name:
> Lease Time:
> RFC 1541 Compliance (Y/N)
>
> I know I'll have to put in the Host Name that AT&T supplies, but what
> are
> the others, and do I need them at all?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> P.S. An upgraded STN that requires a harddisk would be OK and greatly
> appreciated by me.
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