I feel redundant in saying this, but my experience with an @Home setup I did for someone else taught me
a) make sure the dhclient knows the name @Home assigned, and b) verify that the firewall isn't interfering. On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Simon Bolduc wrote: > I used to work for @home - unfortunately it was prior to the widespread > release of the newer terayon modems (I suspect that they may be the issue or > possibly the headend modem). These types of modem's do not come with an > on/off switch (which is a great design feature as unplugging the power from > the back of the modem can cause a spike that fries it), and must be > unplugged in order to be reset. I had my friend unplug the modem for 15 > minutes (which should wipe out any cache'd MAC) and still we had no luck. > > > S > > > >From: Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Simon Bolduc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,[EMAIL PROTECTED], > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [Leaf-user] ES2B Dachstien and Rogers@home > >Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:08:22 -0800 > > > >Just a blue-sky thought here ... there used to be reports, back on the LRP > >lists, that, in some cases, clearing a MAC address required more than a > >simple modem reset. Some people reported needing to power-down (as in > >unplug > >from the wall socket) the modem for 5 minutes, presumably to clear some > >equivalent of the CMOS a PC uses to hold state between boots. If your > >"reset > >of the modem" hasn't been this thorough, you might try this approach and > >see > >if it helps. > > > >At 02:03 PM 11/20/01 -0500, Simon Bolduc wrote: > > >I too am with @home, as is a friend of mine, we both upgraded to the > >current > > >release of dachstein and while he is experiencing the same problem as > >you, I > > >am not. He has tried different NICs, reconfiguring etc. This could > > >potentially be an issue with your modem caching your MAC address (though > >a > > >reset of the modem should repair this if that is the problem - and it > > >doesn't) - or perhaps the headend modem caching the MAC. Just out of > > >curiousity is your modem a blue Terayon Modem - made out of plastic, > >kinda > > >looks like a shark's fin?? that is the type my friend has, - and is > > >different than my type of modem. It could also be a rogue dhcp server as > > >the resolution of a traceroute seems a little odd for the DHCP address. > >[old stuff deleted] > > > > > >-- > >------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"--- > >Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo > >Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leaf-user mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > _______________________________________________ > Leaf-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... DCN:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...2k --------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
