cox.net FYI

[George Toft]

So what happens when the DHCP lease renews?

George


Lisa Winkler wrote:
> 
> Yes, if the modem can see 2 nics, it will report them to cox's dhcp server and
> the server will barf.  It actually does respond but you get a bunch of
> "DHCPOFFER in wrong transaction"/"DHCPACK in wrong transaction".  The trick is
> that you can't have any other nics visible to the modem (i.e., connected to the
> hub) when you make the DHCP request.  I unplugged all my nics, got an IP for my
> firewall, then plugged them back in.  We shall see what happens when it tries to
> renew the lease.
> 
> So, I think you should have no problem doing the initial install with dhcp, just
> unplug any extra nics.
> 
> Lisa
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of bob
> > smith
> > Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 12:33 AM
> > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > Subject: Re: cox.net FYI
> >
> >
> > Hmm I noticed a previous poster (stan i think?) having
> > problems using 2 nics with dhcp and cox.net.
> >
> > I am trying to install obsd 3.0, and I haven't had a
> > problem using dhcp to prepare for network install with
> > previous versions.
> >
> > Has anyone else experienced this?
> >
> > Sorry if this has been brought up but I accidentally
> > deleted most of the "cox.net FYI" posts :(
> >
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