Why in the hell ..

[lihan161051]

.. do unprovisioned cable modems hand out unrouted 192.168.100.xx IP's instead of just not answering DHCP like they used to? Is there any logical reason?

("Because people scream at us when their computers get self assigned IP addresses and this makes them think it's their platform so they'll call their platform support" is not a reason I consider

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[tregare]

many of the cable modems that function as routers live at 192.168.100.1 ( a fairly safe non routing IP block to use) it would hand out that class C so you can configure it from the computer end of things, and also to run diagnostics if the connection won't come up.

[ptomblin_lj]

Ok, that's very weird - at that address, I get a "About your Modem" page with a "WebSTAR Scientific Atlanta" logo. The only problem with that is that my modem has a Cisco logo on the outside. I don't have anything on this network made by Scientific Atlanta - no cable tv box or anything.

[mouser]

The label on the outside isn't the same as the label on the inside?

I'm shocked!

(Now if I could only find the real/equivalent model for my Dell Mono Laser MFP 1125 so I can find a driver that will work with a Mac...)

[geekgrrl_ca]

Last I knew (it's been a while since i've been cursed with dell equipment) dell were rebranded lexmark. hope that helps.

[mouser]

I've heard that too, but which one? THAT is the question!

[ptomblin_lj]

Actually, at first I thought that meant I was somehow reaching somebody else's cable modem, but then I remembered that Cisco has been destroying their good name by badge engineering crappy companies like Linksys. Sure enough, Cisco bought Scientific Atlanta several years ago.

[jecook]

That would be because cisco bought SciAtlanta a while ago.

At work we have a TV over IP system for in-room entertainment, and the boxes are all sciAtlanta/Cisco.

Now if they would just work properly in a consistant manner...