--- Damian Gerow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thus spake Peter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [21/03/06 01:46]: > : > Was the Win2k box connected first? Many (most?) Canadian cable > : > providers > : > cache the MAC address of the connected machine, and generally > : > speaking, > : > unplugging the cable modem for five minutes should re-set the > cached > : > address > : > on their side. > : > > : > Otherwise... logs? > : > : I did hear of the caching feature so I unplugged the power but only > for > : about 10 seconds. Five minutes you say? > > Yeah, give it five minutes. That /should/ clear it out. (You may > want to > unplug power as well -- I've heard conflicting reports about that.) > > : I don't see any logs being generated except for it not being able > to > : find a dhcp server. On one occasion only did I see something to > the > : effect "accepted blah length not same as blah length." Like what > it > : received was not the length of what is was supposed to receive. > > Strange. My guess is the caching -- it really is as simple as > running > 'dhclient <interface>'. > > You could also try calling them up to see if they cache the MAC or > not, for > how long if they do, and what it takes to flush the cache. >
Well I unplugged for a good five minutes and still nothing. Indeed, I first heard of this caching from one of their technicians and I was instructed to simply unplug the power cable; he did not specify a timeout. The device is a telephony modem (the users have opted for the videotron "trio": cable-telephone, cable-tv, and cable-internet). It is an Arris TM502G. Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
