From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JOdUX-00011w-Hs for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:34:57 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 71E0CE05F1; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:34:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 499AEE05F1 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:34:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7FF065F7B for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:34:54 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.415 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.415 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.305, BAYES_05=-1.11] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id sSYJAe5hqb+r for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:34:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3662D65BCA for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:34:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JOdUI-0007Yd-MG for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:34:42 +0000 Received: from c-76-17-159-23.hsd1.mn.comcast.net ([76.17.159.23]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:34:42 +0000 Received: from grante by c-76-17-159-23.hsd1.mn.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:34:42 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Interrogate network for devices Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:34:36 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <87sl01v3hg.fsf@newsguy.com> <87r6fjwym7.fsf@newsguy.com> <87myq7whyj.fsf@newsguy.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-76-17-159-23.hsd1.mn.comcast.net User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Linux) Sender: news Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: 21220634-433f-4cc7-9818-2346e02961d8 X-Archives-Hash: 7556b1c5833760e663cd873af161bda0 On 2008-02-11, reader@newsguy.com wrote: > As you may have guessed I meant IP address. That is, although the > Modem connects to the PC by ethernet wire, it has no inward facing > address. This was explained by at least two other posters. (Something > I'd failed to realize. I expected there to be an inward facing IP) Many cable/DSL modems do, some don't. Ones that act as routers do. Ones that act as bridges _sometimes_ do, but often don't. AFAICT, cable modems that act as bridges are becoming more rare (DSL bridges were always more rare than cable bridges for some reason). Comcast has tried to replace my (rented) bridge with a router a couple times, but I always insist that I want it replaced with a bridge. So far, they've done it, but I'm afraid one of these days they aren't going to have any more of the bridging models available. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! I left my WALLET in at the BATHROOM!! visi.com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list