[Leaplist] Brighthouse cable hook up

[patrick]

Bob Foxworth wrote:
>>> "Ifconfig" gives you back a valid ip for eth0 ?
>> Yes, it brings back, (relayed to me tonight, via telephone from
> Dianna:
> 
>>> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
>>>           inet addr:169.254.119.15  Bcast:169.254.0.0
> Mask:255.255.0.0
>> Rest is unknown... Will be seeing it tomorrow evening...
> 
> 
> I don't quite understand the need to here obscure the MAC address,
> especially the first three bytes, nothing more than the vendor
> code. What is the vuln in showing a MAC that should not be
> visible beyond the gateway?
> 
> - Bob
> 
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Took his example, substituted the telephoned info, marked other as xx or
deleted it.  the on-topic issues are the Inet Addr and the Bcast, and
the mask...

the special VOIP/Cable modem assigns the IP to the computer from it's
built-in firewall.  Funny that they used those, perhaps.
Unless there is some deal with a Microsoft vendor, or M$ itself?