gc wrote:
>
> It looks like Charles and Dan nailed it.
>
> My ISP seemed to be keying off of the MAC address.
> When I spoofed the router's MAC address (as per Charles'
> instructions below), it was able to get a good IP address.
> It still bugs me, though, that the ISP WAS giving me an IP
> address, just not a good one. I guess they just didn't want
> to make it easy on me :)
>
> Now, I guess I'll try figuring out how to get my ISP to accept
> the new MAC address. Or, I guess I can just change the MAC address
> as the router boots.
>
> Thanks for the good ideas, gentlemen. And thanks to Charles
> for the Dachstein release - wonderfully simple and easy to use.
[ snip ]
Good! You're making progress . . .
I suggest that you post the contents of: /var/state/dhcp/dhclient.leases
from Dachstein *after* it negotiates _both_ a good and a bad lease.
Make certain that you reboot the firewall in between, so the file is
clean each time.
Then, for grins, bootup on the w2k box. Once you successfully negotiate
a good lease, goto a dos prompt and do this:
ipconfig /release
Then, unplug that box from the cable modem and plug in your powered OFF
firewall. Turn that ON, see what happens and if that doesn't
successfully negotiate a good lease, publish a third instance of
/var/state/dhcp/dhclient.leases
Unfortunately, the isp-end hardware for att.broadband is so diverse
throughout the country that this great variation obtains. In my case, I
couldn't successfully negotiate a good lease until I *stopped* sending
the client-id. Prior to the transition, I could not negotiate a good
lease *without* the client-id ;>
What do you think?
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