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.
About 29 million people were under a blizzard warning as of late Sunday, and another 11 million in a winter storm warning, according to the National Weather Service. New York City could see up to 20 inches of snow Monday into Tuesday, the weather service predicted. Parts of New England could see 2 feet or more.ecember 2010: 20 inches of snow-John Carnes, from New York City, clears snow from his vehicle in Tuxedo Park, N.Y., on Dec. 27, 2010, after a severe snowstorm blanketed the area overnight.