Stan,
In your given model; each time you move the cable to a different PC (for
test), the Modem must be shut off before the cable swap. The modem will
NOT change the MAC is has cached (previous PC) otherwise. Well, this is
what I've come to learn from the Collective.............. :)
Still do not think your router is broke; other than its' LAN ports are not
fast enough ATM... ;)
Best,
Duncan
At 14:10 01/28/2009 -0600, you wrote:
When I reset the modem and connect the cable to another PC bypassing the
router it will then connect. But when I transfer the cable to another box
they will not connect. Thus the reason I feel the router is malfunctioning
despite the LAN portion still functioning. Thanks!
maccrawj wrote:
Testing a single machine is hardly ruling out anything!
Arg, for christ's sake, it's a standard motorola modem and they all work
the same. It does not take 30min of power off to reset or timeout at the
cable co. Either it's the modem caching or your account is PERMANENTLY
(barring phone call to CATV co or MAC clone on router) tied to the CPE MAC.
1. connect modem into CPE
2. power modem up
3. power CPE up
4. Modem learns CPE's MAC address
5. Modem requests IP lease from the head-end.
Changing the CPE requires:
1. unplug the modem long enough to loose power (< 1min)
2. unplug old CPE
3. follow above list using new CPE
This procedure works every time, I did it many times over 5 years on
Comcast in NJ. If somehow your area falls into the permanent MAC method
than simply cloning the MAC of PC1 to the router solves that issue. In
fact you could simply do that and not have to mess with power cycling
anything but the router.
Stan Zaske wrote:
I am reminded again how much I liked Insight before Comcast bought them.
As much trouble as I've had since then I suspected foul play. I'm pretty
sure my router is bad because past experience tells me it should work
without any user config from me. Too bad my modem doesn't serve any DHCP
or it would have worked plugged into my LAN. Until a couple days ago
extending all the way back to when I first installed this router (1996)
all my boxes connected to the Internet and that includes the one running
PCLinuxOS Tiny Me. Since my modem is working and not caching the MAC
addy it must be a router malf. Thanks again.
