From: Mike '/m' 

On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 15:39:27 -0600, John Cuccia  wrote:

>On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 13:12:51 -0800, Jeff Shultz
> wrote:
>
>>John Cuccia wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 11:53:53 -0600, David N. Barnett
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 07:30:29 -0500, Mike '/m'
 wrote
>>>>in message :
>>>>
>>>>| 1) Does your DSL use DHCP?  I suspect that dialup does
not, so that is
>>>>| one difference between the two scenarios.
>>>>
>>>>Yes, I'm one of the lucky few early-adopters left in my
area who still
>>>>has DHCP instead of PPPoE.
>>>
>>> Me too.
>>
>>RFC1483 Bridged Ethernet + static IP's is a sign your ISP trusts you. (it's
>>what we use).
>
>Bellsouth doesn't trust me that much, it'll only issue an IP address
>to a single MAC address, which I registered with them
>
>I'm leery of changing devices anymore; if I draw too much attention
>they may decide to switch me to PPPoE.

What do you mean by "register".  My ISP's DHCP server continues
to give me the same IP address so long as I maintain the same MAC address. 
If I swap out the NIC, I'll get a different IP address.  No interaction is
required with the ISP for that to occur.

Some ISPs require you to call them and give them the MAC address, and then
they config the DHCP server to respond only to that MAC address for you.


 /m

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