[Gllug] blueyonder / SuSE / DHCP problem

[Andy McGarty]

On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:45:06 +0100, Croker, Grant <Grant.Croker at ca.com>  
wrote:

>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gllug-bounces at gllug.org.uk [mailto:gllug-bounces at gllug.org.uk]
> On
>> Behalf Of Andy McGarty
>> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 4:36 PM
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:09:25 +0100, Mark Williams
>> <mark at mewilliams.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > I'm having problems obtaining an IP address from blueyonder via
> DHCP:
>> >
>> Snip
>>
>> I had the same problem with a dlink wireless router and friends
> Blueyonder
>> box.  It just would not get an IP from the dhcp server.  Putting the
>> existing windows PC on the box always got one.
>>
>> Then it just worked and has always continued to do so!
>>
>> The only thing I thought of was it wouldn't reissue one until after a
>> certain period.  Try turning the box off for a while then trying
> again?
>>
> They probably tie the cable modem to the MAC address of the first device
> that connects, in this case the windows PC. At least that is what NTL
> does/used to do.  I seem to remember hearing that Telewest allowed you
> to setup 5 MAC addresses that could connect the modem too. The
> alternative would be to have the router spoof the outbound MAC address
> so the cable modem still thinks it's talking to the windows card.
>
> see http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d.h.walker/cmtips/swap.html#swap
> for some hints and tips.
>
> g
>
>
Blueyonder removed the 5 MAC address limitation (or so they said) some  
months ago.

Andy


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