i was having a problem before... i got banned from an ftp server (not my fault)... i realized that i need to change my IP... since I'm on cable i called my ISP (Time Warner) who told me they cannot do anything for me (which I think is bullshit...) ... their only help was that if i unplug my cable modem for 48 hours then... maybe, MAYBE i will get a new IP (DHCP)... i unplugged the modem for 2 hours and nothing...

now here's the wierd part...

when i unplugged the router from the cable modem and connected my main machine to the modem directly... guess what ... it got a different IP... even if i wait 10 seconds between reconect i always get a diff. IP... but it's always the same for this particular system....

i tried to do the same thing w/ my other system and ...AGAIN ... it got completly diff. IP but it's always the same for this particular system...

how is this possible... if it's DHCP ... how can it care about the different MAC address... what's going on here .. anyone