Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 08:55:14 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: dhclient not setting IP ... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103230854250.41105-100000@mobile.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <001801c0b33c$f06ae1c0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Matthew Emmerton wrote: > > I'm connected through cable to the 'Net, and the provider I go > > through, it appears, somehow has it setup that if I change nics, I hvae a > > bugger of a time re-acquiring a lease ... > > I presume dhclient is what you use to get your IP address. > > I've seen ISPs that record the MAC address of the interface, and won't give > out addresses to any other MAC address but the original one. They'll expire > that MAC eventually, but perhaps not for 24 hours or a week. this is what it appears it was ... called up their tech support last night, the girl there said "we dont' support Unix", I asked her to release the IP and low-n-behold, I got a new one ... Thanks ... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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