i have cable service with adelphia cable.. and i use dhcp to pull an address from them (although, even after a computer reboot, or modem reset.. the same ip will pull). the ip will change with different computers hooked up (same modem).. and if you change BACK to a computer from being on a different one, the ips will stick... it almost seems as if each computer has a hardware hash sent to adelphia... er.. uhm.. yeah anyway. do you think that if i specified an ip to use (as opposed to dhcp), would that ip pull (if it's available?) basically i just am too lazy to try it out and reboot and blahblahblah... thanks