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locate provider DHCP address
Is it possible to see the DHCP address loaded into router from service provider and if so HOW?
Does Netgear support look at these post? I am not overly technical; so back to basic question. How does one verify that the router is receiving a valid IP address from internet provider (in my case Cox)? Next question does Cox use IP address for routing over the last mile span, if not what cox route with?
olderone wrote:
How does one verify that the router is receiving a valid IP address from internet provider (in my case Cox)? Next question does Cox use IP address for routing over the last mile span, if not what cox route with?
Perhaps you are now entering territory where your questions make sense, unlike the one that got this discussion going. (There are plenty of knowledgeable people round here who have dealt with most of the questions that come up, suggesting that their silence was a sign of puzzlement.)
Your first is answered by looking at the router. It will have a WAN IP address for you.
Your Arris SB6183 modem is a standard modem-only device that does not itself act as a router.
It might help to understand what an IP address is.
WAN IP Address. LAN IP Address. What's the Difference?
Your ISP will allocate to you a public WAN IP address, that is unique to your internet connection. Most ISPs control a pool of IP addresses and issue customers with a "dynamic IP address" that can change from time to time. Some ISPs will issue, sometimes at a price a fixed public IP address that you can use all the time so that people know where to reach you.
The IP address you get has nothing to do with the "last mile". I don't understand the question " if not what cox route with?"
When the Internet ges yo you, your router takes control of local addressing and will issue addresses to every device on your network that needs one. Routers often have an address 192.168.1.1, although that can vary.
Your devices then get IP addresses along the lines 192.168.XXX.XXX. This is where NAT and DHCP come into the picture. It is usually down to your router to manage these and to hand out the local IP address
If you browse through this selection
Search - NETGEAR Communities – R7000 Cox
you will see that plenty of Cox customers happily use a Netgear router, sometimes even an R7000.
olderone wrote:
Does Netgear support look at these post?
You should know that this community is essentially a user-to-user venue with some input from a small band of Netgear techies.
Most of the answers come from fellow users who have no connection with Netgear. They just have a lot of collective experience and are familiar with the sort of problems that turn up here.
If you want "official" support then you should go through the right channels.
Lets try again, is there a way to see (or verify) the IP address being provided (on my Netgear router up link port) as my routeable address over Cox's "last mile" to my router? "Last mile" is general term used to identify (fiber, copper, coex or whatever) between carrier and a customer home or business; this term has been used for over 50 years in telco and internet provider conversations.
To help explain "last mile"; You have a router in your home which hands out a DHCP IP to your printer. Think as if the router is the ISP router (or whatever) and the printer is your home router; the patch cable between is the last mile. Another example: say an ISP is ISG (no longer in business). ISG leases space in an AT&T building and leases copper lines to your home; ISP would be carrier and AT&T would be providing the "last mile" to your home. I hope this help you understand my meaning of "last mile".
Cox knowledge question, does cox route with IP or do they use MAC address (using MAC as idenifying terminating equipment)? Maybe I am looking for something that does not exisit.