yes the cable modem must have a DHCP server, and the hosts set to dynamic DHCP.
However your modem is not a router, and therefore cant cope with more than one DHCP address on its "lan" side. Its just passing the WAN one on to the PC.
You need a router with a DHCP server, so buy a cable modem one.
Last edited by: Zero on Wed 14 Apr 10 at 22:22
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