On 6 February 2013, bofh <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:18 PM, Jay Hart <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Solved this. It took Verizon three tries (three calls by me), to
> > actually get the RJ-45 port working on the ONT.
>
> Hmm... I had to set my MAC address to the Actiontec's.
>
> $ cat /etc/hostname.em0
> !ifconfig \$if lladdr 00:0f:b3:aa:aa:aa
> dhcp
For what it's worth, it's probably useful to keep around a packet
capture of a successful DHCP negotiation with your ISP. DHCP is a
complicated protocol, and ISPs do weird things with it. A known-good
packet capture might save you a lot of time when switching equipment.
Regards,
Liviu Daia
