My IP address with DHCP

[Steve Holmes]

I didn't have to specify an IP address at all for my DHCP server at
Cox.  "They" claim the modem does it or the "modem knows what to do."
What I think happens is we broadcast network wide to request an IP and
their DHCP responds.  My IP gets assigned and is seen under the addr
field of ifconfig eth1.  On my box, eth0 is my local network and has
an address of 192.168.1.1 and my IP on eth1 is assigned from Cox and
is currently something like 68.129.something.something:).  I can't
emagine why a firewall script would be concerned about a DHCP server
address unless it is trying to block sensative addresses or something.

On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 08:30:27PM -0500, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote:
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> Hi Greg,
> 
> My firewall script wants what it calls the IP address of my DHCP
> server. That must not be what ifconfig reports, right? But I
> grabbed that IP address from ifconfig and plugged it into the
> firewall script, and it works fine.
> 
> My ISP is "mhcable.com" -- is it their IP address that the
> firewall wants when it asks for the IP address of my dhcp server?
> 
> I am closing in on it, but not quite there yet.
> 
> Chuck
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