cox amusements

Hmmmm, I haven't had any bad experiences yet.
Of course, when I boot my OpenBSD, I simply did
'dhclient interface' and then fired up my pf rules
to block most everything (including dhcp trafic.
Have had the same IP, and never a blip in service.
IPSec has had me tuned into the office non-stop
since COX left my home :-)


On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 11:21:51AM -0700, David A. Sinck wrote:

I just thought I would pass this on to the faithful ...

I just got off the phone with cox and apparently, the conversion
process didn't happen 100% of the time on their side. I was
experiencing inter.....mi...ttent pauses of 4-8s which front line
immediately diagnosed as afu on their side.

 * he had me power down the modem
 * he purged my modem + "computer" records (I assume the mac addr, but
     who knows)
 * he readded same
 * had me release/renew DHCP ... which kept me on the same IP

Dunno if it's fixed, but it's apparently common.

YMMV,

David
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