DHCPCD Problems with Cox's new network

[Kevin Brown]

Or, if possible, swap the nics.

Nancy Sollars wrote:
> 
> of course if your running *nix then you could always do
> 
> ifconfig eth* ipaddress netmask addr a.b.c.d -hw < MAC >
> 
> and spoof the bloody thing how hard is that? ....
> 
> i ran 4 pc's off of a 1 pc connection back in England by doing this ...
> 
> Tech support in most ISP's are as about as useful as a blown fuse so id say
> stick to your gunz and find the solution that suites you ..
> 
> Nige
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nancy Sollars" <dnancy2@qwest.net>
> To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 1:46 PM
> Subject: Re: DHCPCD Problems with Cox's new network
> 
> > as far as i was aware Cox was'nt tieing down the MAC address ..
> >
> > they were just setting the HOST Name / Identitie ( Win32 )
> > and using that.
> >
> > If they have changed their policy now then its gunna hit everyone ..
> knowing
> > how tieing the MAC causes alot of problems with changing the Nic ...
> >
> > Nige
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Craig White" <craigwhite@azapple.com>
> > To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 10:21 AM
> > Subject: RE: DHCPCD Problems with Cox's new network
> >
> >
> > > On Tue, 2002-01-29 at 09:40, John Kloian III wrote:
> > > > I think maybe I can verify that.  I did the conversion with my windows
> > > > box, which in restrospect was a bad idea.  since Then i have not been
> > able
> > > > to get my firewall to grab an IP.  I can put it in statically and pass
> > > > traffic.  When I use pump and watch the logs this is what I see right
> > > > before a timeout:
> > > >
> > > > xid: 0x63aabbdf4a rejected <-> 0x64aabbddcf
> > > >
> > > > My suspicion is that this is their dhcp server rejecting my request on
> > > > what I can only assume is the MAC address of my NIC.  although I
> cannot
> > > > find any decent documentation.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > -------
> > > call their tech support - tell them that you changed computers connected
> > > to the net so they can reset your connection - have mac address in hand
> > > when you call if they manuallly set it.
> > >
> > > Craig
> > >
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