Your ISP has a DHCP server. They can assign IPs by modem MAC addresses. When your modem comes online, it communicates to the network indicating it is looking for an IP address. The DHCP server listens to this communication and starts talking to the modem. The modem then transmits its MAC address to the DHCP server.
A storm that has dumped 60 inches of snow on Erie since Sunday night will bring another heavy blast of lake-effect snow to portions of Erie County Tuesday night and Wednesday. The National Weather Service in Cleveland is forecasting possible snow accumulation of an additional 7 inches Tuesday night and into the early morning Wednesday.
Northeast Ohio snowfall only totals 14 inches so far this season - Cleveland 19 News Cleveland, OH. Northeast Ohio snowfall only totals 14 inches so far this season. The east side might not agree, but it's been a pretty mild winter as far as accumulation is concerned in the Cleveland area. Snowfall to date at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport only totals 14 inches this winter. The average by Jan. 16 is 28 inches of snow. Last year during the same time frame, Cleveland had 6.3 inches of snow. (The Diff is 7.7 inches Steve Kerr.) We've had only half of our typical snowfall to date with nothing more expected for at least the next seven days. So much for that harder than normal winter so many were predicting.