[brluglist] Unannounced Cox network changes...??

[Tim Fournet]

I don't know enough about Cox to recommend this, but with Linux, you can 
fake your mac address for DHCP client requests.. this will in effect 
give you a new lease. If that's not a problem with their setup, it may 
be worth a try. Their DHCP server could be choking when it receives a 
request from a windows client at one time, then a from linux client with 
the same MAC at another time. It sounds like they may have multiple DHCP 
servers, and they're trying to reconcile each others' databases somehow.

-Tim


Banker, Craig wrote:

> Did that... pulled in my static settings...
>
>  
>
> Another thing I noticed is on the win side, the DHCP lease period is 
> exactly 24 hours where it had been longer on previous occasions.
>
>  
>
> My IP or DNS servers have not changed since the upgrade.
>
>  
>
> I'm at a loss...
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* Nat Bayles [mailto:webmaster at lanss.com]
>     *Sent:* Thursday, March 21, 2002 10:01 AM
>     *To:* brluglist at brlug.net
>     *Subject:* Re: [brluglist] Unannounced Cox network changes...??
>
>     One way to find out.......
>
>     Make note of the settings provided by DHCP (dns, gateway, and ip).
>     Now change your linux from being dchp to a static setup, using the
>     settings from cox.
>     (keep in mind, ip's very rarely change on cox to date)
>     This should get the linux side back up and running, at least utill
>     the ip address changes on your account.
>
>     Nat
>      
>      
>
>     "Banker, Craig" wrote:
>
>>      I dunno.... Like I said, cable was working fine over here on
>>     both sides, now dhcp is failing on the linux side only.   Note
>>     that this is the SAME machine running win98/mandrake8.0....
>>
>>         -----Original Message-----
>>         *From:* Nat Bayles [mailto:webmaster at lanss.com]
>>         *Sent:* Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:02 AM
>>         *To:* brluglist at brlug.net
>>         *Subject:* Re: [brluglist] Unannounced Cox network changes...??
>>          
>>
>>         Linux seems to be running fine on cable here (didn't want to
>>         say cox, because it just didn't sound right...) But I also
>>         have a router in between me and it....
>>         Could be something about their DHCP and your flavor linux....
>>         Who knows these daze...
>>
>>         Nat
>>          
>>
>>         CMB wrote:
>>
>>>         OK folks,  do you know what's up? I have a dual boot system
>>>         that uses cox internet service.  They're network
>>>         configurations were essentially the same and were the cox
>>>         reccommended settings (for windoze).    I've had both
>>>         systems ticking along nicely, until tonight.  The Linux
>>>         networking is down over here while windows is up.  I can
>>>         only guess that an unnannounced configuration change has
>>>         occurred... Anybody knows what gives ? Thanks, Craig
>>


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