Re: no internet with cable provider (videotron.ca)

2006-03-23 Thread Steven Schneider
* Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [060320 23:00]: Hi everyone. I am troubleshooting a client (running OpenBSD 3.8) who cannot connect to a Canadian cable provider (videotron.ca) with dhclient. dhclient cannot find a dhcp server. Is there anything special one needs to do besides 'dhclient '? The co

Re: [SOLVED] Re: no internet with cable provider (videotron.ca)

2006-03-21 Thread Paul de Weerd
On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 05:25:40PM -0500, Peter wrote: | Ok folks. This *was* a MAC caching issue. I was able to reset this | particular modem by inserting a pin into the reset orifice. I presume | I could have achieved this by unplugging the power cable AND removing | the battery. So dhclient

[SOLVED] Re: no internet with cable provider (videotron.ca)

2006-03-21 Thread Peter
Ok folks. This *was* a MAC caching issue. I was able to reset this particular modem by inserting a pin into the reset orifice. I presume I could have achieved this by unplugging the power cable AND removing the battery. So dhclient on OpenBSD 3.8 *does work* although I continue to receive a bad

Re: no internet with cable provider (videotron.ca)

2006-03-21 Thread Bernd Schoeller
On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 03:58:41AM -0500, Matthew Closson wrote: > Yes, 5 minutes is the required amount of time to clear the cache on most > cable modems I've worked with (Toshiba, 3com, Motorola, Terayon), 10 > seconds will not do. Otherwise you could probably copy the MAC address > off your

Re: no internet with cable provider (videotron.ca)

2006-03-21 Thread Matthew Closson
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Peter wrote: --- Damian Gerow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thus spake Peter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [21/03/06 01:46]: : > Was the Win2k box connected first? Many (most?) Canadian cable : > providers : > cache the MAC address of the connected machine, and generally : > speaking,

Re: no internet with cable provider (videotron.ca)

2006-03-21 Thread Peter
--- Damian Gerow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thus spake Peter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [21/03/06 01:46]: > : > Was the Win2k box connected first? Many (most?) Canadian cable > : > providers > : > cache the MAC address of the connected machine, and generally > : > speaking, > : > unplugging the cable

Re: no internet with cable provider (videotron.ca)

2006-03-21 Thread Matthew Closson
On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Peter wrote: --- Damian Gerow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thus spake Peter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [21/03/06 00:56]: : Hi everyone. I am troubleshooting a client (running OpenBSD 3.8) who : cannot connect to a Canadian cable provider (videotron.ca) with : dhclient. dhclient c

Re: no internet with cable provider (videotron.ca)

2006-03-20 Thread Peter
--- Damian Gerow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thus spake Peter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [21/03/06 00:56]: > : Hi everyone. I am troubleshooting a client (running OpenBSD 3.8) > who > : cannot connect to a Canadian cable provider (videotron.ca) with > : dhclient. dhclient cannot find a dhcp server. I

Re: no internet with cable provider (videotron.ca)

2006-03-20 Thread Damian Gerow
Thus spake Peter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [21/03/06 01:46]: : > Was the Win2k box connected first? Many (most?) Canadian cable : > providers : > cache the MAC address of the connected machine, and generally : > speaking, : > unplugging the cable modem for five minutes should re-set the cached : > addre

Re: no internet with cable provider (videotron.ca)

2006-03-20 Thread Damian Gerow
Thus spake Peter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [21/03/06 00:56]: : Hi everyone. I am troubleshooting a client (running OpenBSD 3.8) who : cannot connect to a Canadian cable provider (videotron.ca) with : dhclient. dhclient cannot find a dhcp server. Is there anything : special one needs to do besides 'dhc

no internet with cable provider (videotron.ca)

2006-03-20 Thread Peter
Hi everyone. I am troubleshooting a client (running OpenBSD 3.8) who cannot connect to a Canadian cable provider (videotron.ca) with dhclient. dhclient cannot find a dhcp server. Is there anything special one needs to do besides 'dhclient '? The connection is made instantly when win2k box is co