Couldn't you just release the lease on the laptop if that's the case? Ipconfig /release all
If not woundt a $20 wireless B hub/switch solve this for you? Hugs, Chris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Harney Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 10:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [brlug-general] anyone using Vonage over Cox Cable successfully? John Hebert wrote: > Tried that, multiple times. The VoIP box never grabbed > an IP address, though a laptop connected to the cable > modem would. > > I think the only thing I didn't try was to bring them > both down at the same time, then bring up the cable > modem and then the VoIP box. Nah. you'd have had to call Cox and get them to manually expire the DHCP lease assigned to your laptop's MAC address. I stuck the Vonage ATA behind my OBSD firewall so I didn't experience that issue (did have to make some firewall rule changes to prioritize VOIP SIP traffic) -- Scott Harney<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Asking the wrong questions is the leading cause of wrong answers" gpg key fingerprint=7125 0BD3 8EC4 08D7 321D CEE9 F024 7DA6 0BC7 94E5 _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
