Some set top boxen do have IP addresses. I have the schmatics and developer documents for the Motorola digital cable box, and it has an option for an IP addres. My cable company (Charter) does not have it turned on, and if they did, I suspect they would put it on a seperate network than the Internet. -------------------------------------------------- Michael R. Rudel * 734.417.4859 * mrrat_private AOL AIM: ATSTheory * Cell e-mail: pageat_private Student Tech., Pinckney Community Schools Principal Engineer, Michael R. Rudel Consulting Authorized Representative, Charter Communications -------------------------------------------------- On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, T. Barrick wrote: > All, > > I'm not sure that this applies to all networks (mine is COX) but I thought > just a quick word of caution might be in order about attempting to enumerate > and "play" with IPs associated with cable modems. > > My modem on the service provider side has an IP address in the 10.x.x.x > range. My concern here is that so does my digital cable set top box. Play > around with the various IPs and you might end up nuking the set top > programming of your neighborhood > > Just a thought - as I have not attempted this yet. > > Toby > > "Rajkumar S." wrote: > > > On Sun, 29 Apr 2001, Marcin Dawcewicz wrote: > > > > > > What could the 513 have? My guess is that it > > > > is the port of the DHCP server that is running inside the modem. > > > > > > DHCP server is not running inside the modem. It's rlogin of course. > > > > let me make a small clarification. The DHCP thing was a wild guess. I know > > that 512 is rlogin. but the webpages of SB3100 states that a DHCP server > > is running inside the modem. Also the attempt to rlogin to the modem > > failed as the rlogin just waited with out any response. Here is the > > relevant para as it appeared in lynx. > > > > [X] Enable DHCP Server > > The SURFboard cable modem can be used as a gateway to the Internet by > > a maximum of 32 users on a Local Area Network (LAN). When the Cable > > Modem is disconnected from the Internet, users on the LAN can be > > dynamically assigned IP Addresses by the Cable Modem DHCP Server. > > These addresses are assigned from an address pool which begins with > > 192.168.100.11 and ends with 192.168.100.42. Statically assigned IP > > addresses for other devices on the LAN should be chosen from outside > > of this range > > > > Even though the DHCP was listed as enabled nmap did not show that. That > > was why I made a wild guess ;) > > > > Now some more info > > > > This page provides information about the servers your Cable Modem is > > using, and the computers to which it is connected. > > > > Item Value > > Serial Number 052701021403557804053000 > > HFC IP Address 10.1.15.42 > > HFC MAC Address 00:20:40:7E:AE:72 > > Ethernet IP Address 192.168.100.1 > > Ethernet MAC Address 00:20:40:7E:AE:73 > > DHCP Server Address 202.88.238.2 > > DHCP Information Duration: 605400 s > > Time: 18800 > > > > # Known CPE MAC Address (Max 1) Status > > 1 00:D0:B7:B9:AB:E0 Learned > > > > As it can be seen, the IP of the cable interface (HFC) is 10.1.15.42 But > > my first attempt to connect to port 80 was refused. May be with luck it > > may be possible to map the entire Fiber-Coax lan of the provider. > > > > raj >
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