Forwarded to the list. My replies interspersed. At 12:17 PM 7/31/02 -0700, Du atyahoo wrote: >Since I am not sure if you want my reply to appear on >the Board, I will keep this a private response. You >can do whatever you want with my email.
I tend to feel that everyone benefits when troubleshooting discussions take place in public. Hence my practice of always adding the list back in. >I talked to MediaCom. It is a MAC authentication >problem. It does not want the user have more than one >IP so they track the MAC number. > >With so many people have more than one machine, >personally I dont think this is a good idea. > > > I don't want to belabor this too much, but we are > > starting to see a > > systematic problem here. In the last day, we have > > had THREE cases where > > LEAF distros failed to get a DHCP lease due to > > MAC-address-authentication > > problems. In all three cases, the original posting > > did not include the > > information needed to spot this as the problem, > > because the poster > > > > described use of a dual-boot machine as > > though it were two > > separate hosts, -OR- > > > > > Newcomers posting troubleshooting problem should > > learn from this and be > > very clear about the details of tests they do that > > involve varying the > > hardware connected to the ISP (especially > > cable-modem setups, but really > > all setups). > >I totally agree with you and I apologize for my >messed-up description. No need. I really was not trying to pick on you. There does seem to be a general problem here -- when LEAF has a problem in a DHCP setting, especially one involving a cable-modem ISP, MAC authentication is very often the problem. We need to figure out a better way to spot it early in the troubleshooting differential (and then conveince the poster to check it -- you did so promptly, so got your solution, but sometimes we are told that the poster "knows" that this isn't the problem). >There is a real sense in which getting > > a firewall/router to > > work (ANY firewall/router, not just LEAF) involves > > outsmarting your ISP, so > > you need to pay attention to what you "tell" your > > ISP, even what you tell > > it inadvertently. >As far as MediaCom in my area is concerned, it does >not care if you have a firewall. Everything you can >or cannot do is in their user agreement. Of course we >are armed with the nicest firewall there is, what to >do with it is really up to the Linux users. Glad to hear it. Am I correct then in inferring that your talk with MediaCom resulted in a quick fix and the LEAF router is now able to authenticate? >Thanks again for your help. -- -----------------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"-------------- Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo Palo Alto, California, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Dice - The leading online job board for high-tech professionals. Search and apply for tech jobs today! http://seeker.dice.com/seeker.epl?rel_code=31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
