[Gllug] ADSL and DHCP woes - solved.

[Chris Wareham]

Robert McKay wrote:
> 
> Another way that almost always works is to just reboot the cable modem so
> it forgets the MAC address, when it boots up it just recognizes the first
> MAC address it sees.
> 

Not this one. It appears D-Link have released the hardware without the
intended software being complete. When you configure the modem, it
stores the MAC address along with the configuration information. Then
when it receives a DHCP request it sends the ISP assigned address if the
MAC address corresponds to the stored one, or a 192.168.0.* address
otherwise. Reading the manual that came on an accompanying CD, it looks
like D-Link were planning on a whole slew of extra features (NAT,
firewall, etc.) that haven't seen the light of day yet.

Chris
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