--- Damian Gerow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thus spake Peter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [21/03/06 00:56]: > : Hi everyone. I am troubleshooting a client (running OpenBSD 3.8) > who > : cannot connect to a Canadian cable provider (videotron.ca) with > : dhclient. dhclient cannot find a dhcp server. Is there anything > : special one needs to do besides 'dhclient <int>'? The connection > is > : made instantly when win2k box is connected directly to the modem. > > Was the Win2k box connected first? Many (most?) Canadian cable > providers > cache the MAC address of the connected machine, and generally > speaking, > unplugging the cable modem for five minutes should re-set the cached > address > on their side. > > Otherwise... logs?
I did hear of the caching feature so I unplugged the power but only for about 10 seconds. Five minutes you say? I don't see any logs being generated except for it not being able to find a dhcp server. On one occasion only did I see something to the effect "accepted blah length not same as blah length." Like what it received was not the length of what is was supposed to receive. Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
