> If you're having trouble negotiating DHCP with a cable modem provider, > it may be because the provider is looking for a Windows-specific > parameter in the DHCP request. Set up a Windows box and sniff the > negotiation, then compare it with what your Solaris box does. You may > need to use the ISC DHCP client to be able to set the parameters you > need to suit the cable modem DHCP server.
My cable provider here has one-mac address dhcp leases, so switching network cards has to wait until the lease expires, which takes 4 hours for this ISP. Amadeus
