Re: [Sheflug] Getting dhcp from cable with linux

[Chris J <cej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robin Wood wrote:
> I've fixed it. It is a MAC address issue. I tried the linux box with the
> MAC from the windows box and it worked. I've now got to work out whether
> if I let the dhcp lease expire it will allow me to have another MAC
> address connected or whether I'm stuck with that particular one.
> 

Ah - if that's your problem, then it's easy to resolve (or at least it 
was for me): reboot the cable modem. The CM seems to cache or at least 
track the MAC of the card connected to its port. So if you change NICs, 
power the CM down, make sure you've got the new NIC wired to the CM, and 
after about half a minute, restart the modem.

Done this a couple of times as I've gone through a couple of wireless 
routers and decommissioned an OBSD firewall - each time having to reboot 
the CM to resolve.

Cheers,

Chris...



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