You may need to bounce the cable modem when you switch over. I've been told by Shaw that I have 2 IP addresses. Apparently the cable modem only learns the MAC address when it boots and initially connects to your computer/firewall/whatever. If you reboot your computer and you use the same network card, the MAC hasn't changed and everything is fine. If you switch to a different device then the MAC has changed and it may get ignored.
YMMV, J.J. On Mon, 2010-05-24 at 11:52 -0600, Joe S wrote: > Using Debian Lenny > ISP: Shaw Cable > > I have been having problems with my Internet connection over the > last week. I lose the connection and then get it back. This has > happened a few times. I have a partition with XP and when Debian > doesn't work XP does, so it's not a problem with the ISP; > although with Debian and XP I use different network cards. > > What would be the cause of this? Could it be my settings in > Debian. I wouldn't think so, because they have worked since I > installed it till the last week, although maybe something has > changed. Or would it be a hardware problem (don't know why it > would cut in and out)? > > These are some of my settings; don't know what else would be > relevant. > ------------------- > */etc/resolv.conf* > > domain cg.shawcable.net > search cg.shawcable.net > nameserver 64.59.135.133 > nameserver 64.59.135.135 > nameserver 64.59.128.120 > ------------------- > */etc/network/interfaces* > # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system > # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). > > # The loopback network interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > # The primary network interface > allow-hotplug eth1 > iface eth1 inet dhcp > hostname Debian > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
