Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 17:43:38 -0500 From: "Tommy Forrest - KE4PYM" <tforrest@mcs.net> To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "TaoXist" <svk@netwolves.com> Cc: "billt" <billt@what.ifelse.org>, "David Kelly" <dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org> Subject: Re: Roadrunner, dhcp, FB 4.2-current Message-ID: <200101292243.QAA79889@mailbox.mcs.net> In-Reply-To: <3A754111.AA27FBA5@netwolves.com>
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Tao--> I was refering to the fact that RR does not require you to have a certain hostname before they'll allow you to gain access to the network. The cable modem part is correct. If you change NICs while the modem is on, you will indeed need to power it off. On Mon, 29 Jan 2001 10:08:18 +0000, TaoXist wrote: >Sorry but Im going to have to say they might, I also use roadrunner in >florida, and they have a new modem brand, Ive noticed when I switch network >cards, I cant get out either until I power off their modem and power it back >on again! so either Im crazy, or something has changed, but yet it might not >be roadrunner itself, just these new modems they have, but yet I dont also >have time to tear one apart to find out. > >Tommy Forrest - KE4PYM wrote: > >> Roadrunner has no such requirement. >> >> On Sun, 28 Jan 2001 17:35:08 -0600, David Kelly wrote: >> >> >billt writes: >> >> On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, Tommy Forrest - KE4PYM wrote: >> >> >> >> > Hi Bill, one thing you should do is power off your cable modem when >> >> > switching it from your Mac to your FBSD box. You'll confuse the >> >> > modem with different MAC addresses. I too am a RR subscriber >> >> > (carolina.rr.com) and I have had 0 problems. I find 15 minutes to be >> >> > long enough. >> >> >> >> left the modem off overnight, but no luck :( >> >> >> >> tried this under linux 2.4.0 using dhclient, pump, and dhcpcd - but same >> >> results as on freebsd. could it be hardware? >> > >> >Works with the Mac, but not with FreeBSD or anything else on the PC? My >> >ISP cable company will not issue an IP address via DHCP to any but the >> >recorded MAC (not Macintosh) address. They have to be called and told >> >what it is, then 15 to 60 minutes later it works. >> >> Tommy Forrest - KE4PYM - tforrest@mcs.net >> http://www.mcs.net/~tforrest >> And now, its time, for some useless, bandwidth wasting words of wisdom: >> Nyquil -The stuffy, sneezy, why-the-hell-is-the-room-spinning medicine. >> >> PGP Public Key Fingerprint: E1FD 1327 D9D6 3D9A 6D5E 21CF 902D 41FC >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >-- >TaoXist - FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD - FoxOS V. 3.0 >NetWolves Technologies, Inc. Research & Development >Three things are certain: | Chaos reigns within. >Death, taxes, and lost data. | Reflect, repent, and reboot. >Guess which has occurred. | Order shall return. > "Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? > Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? > FreeBSD: Hey, are you guys coming or what?" > > > > Tommy Forrest - KE4PYM - tforrest@mcs.net http://www.mcs.net/~tforrest And now, its time, for some useless, bandwidth wasting words of wisdom: Windows: Proof that Microsoft has a roomful of monkeys with keyboards. PGP Public Key Fingerprint: E1FD 1327 D9D6 3D9A 6D5E 21CF 902D 41FC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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