Thanks, but I can't change that. My mac address is what my ISP uses to identify my
machine. If I change the card or the number I will not get access to the network.
On Sat, 21 Oct 2000 16:42:39 -0700, you wrote:
> Some NIC's can be hacked to report a different MAC address--look it up.
> Otherwise, you could try just throwing in another NIC if you have one.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Darren R. Weber
> > Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 9:16 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: IP address and pump
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the other notes here too. I allready know the
> > provider. I did an nslookup and got the name associated with
> > the IP and it was all too familiar. The IP was also very
> > close. . .it is another DSL user with my provider. I intend
> > to contact them about the problem, but I was hoping to avoid
> > that since they are known to be non-linux friendly and the
> > explanation of the problem leads to my use thereof.
> >
> > Thanks anyway.
> > -DRW
> >
> > On Fri, 20 Oct 2000 22:20:51 -0400, you wrote:
> > > On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 08:48:01PM -0400, Michael Burger wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 20 Oct 2000 19:44:43 -0400, Darren R. Weber wrote:
> > >
> > > > >Is there a way to force pump to get a different address?
> > Here is the reason I ask.
> > >
> > > > >I know I can tell it to release, and then restart it but
> > it just gets the same address again. I am on DSL and some
> > idiot in Miami has apparently set up my IP as a nameserver.
> > I have ipchains running and denying almost everything so
> > there is no immediate problem, but I also log some packets
> > and this stuff is filling my log with garbage every two
> > seconds. I have tried to stop this several times in various
> > ways, even to the extent of crashing the box on the other
> > end. (It's a windows box. . .did a little digging on it
> >:-) ) That worked but only temporarily and if I continue
> > to do that I'm going to get myself into trouble. So I
> > figured the easy thing to do would be to try to get a different IP.
> > >
> > > > >Is the only way to release my current IP and wait until
> > the server has had time to give out the old one?
> > >
> > > > Pretty much. The thing about DHCP is that the server maintains a
> > > > database...that database keeps track of the IP address and the MAC
> > > > address to which it was last assigned. It keeps that information
> > > > until the lease runs out.
> > >
> > > Well... I can't say so much about pump, but dhcpcd has
> > a release
> > > option that specifically issues a RELEASE back to the
> > server releasing the
> > > lease and returning the address back to the pool. Now...
> > That just puts
> > > you back to where you started from and that's at the mercy
> > of the dhcp
> > > server. Next time you request a new lease, it may give you the old
> > > address or it may give you a new address. You also have to
> > make sure
> > > that you blow away anything you have cached on the client
> > side (which
> > > the release option for dhcpcd does).
> > >
> > > > The other thing to consider is whether or not your DSL
> > provider has
> > > > hardcoded your system for that IP.
> > >
> > > That would be a problem.
> > >
> > > > The other possibility is that you could call your provider and ask
> > > > them to reassign your IP address.
> > >
> > > I would do a whois on the address of the annoyance and track
> > > down his ISP. Send letters of complaint to the ISP, the POC for the
> > > address, and several postmasters at the ISP site. Raise enough hell
> > > with the administrators responsible for the network he's on and the
> > > word will eventually rain down on him. If you don't do
> > this, you may
> > > get the address released, but that just passes the problem onto the
> > > next guy who gets it.
> > >
> > > Mike
> > > --
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