alternative to ip validation on RC

[prozac424242]

Many people who use RC to connect are on dial up, and numerous ip additions are needed. This is sometimes a real inconvenience, and I have been on both the end of the one to update the ip list for someone, and have beem the on e to be not able to log in to rc, and needed to wait for hours for another admin to log in and update my ip list.

Not only is this a problem with dial up, but I have a comcast high speed cable modem, and it seems that they too have recently gone to DHCP, and in the past three days I have had at least five differences in my ip in the second set of numbers. for example, 64.181.*.* where the 181 is, that number almost always changes at least once, if not two or three times a day, and my cable modem is always on!

How about using the MAC address of the network card to identify a specific computer to log in? That hardware integrated number does not change unless you get a different comptuer. Or some kind of consistent number, without needing to shell out big bucks to comcast for a business account, which is the only way to get a static ip from them now.