[NTLUG:Discuss] @Home connection problems. Can't even ping.

[Jay Urish]

At 03:03 PM 5/25/00 , you wrote:

>At one time, @home support had me cycle both the modem
>and the puter.
>
>Try powering the puter off, then power cycle the modem.
>After the modem is back up, power up the puter.
>
>Just a shot in the dark.

Ok, Kip---

Get a ball point pen or paperclip and hit the reset button on the back.

I did it once, but who knows...




>I was once instructed by @home support to do that.
>But that's the only time I've ever done it that way.
>But I usually have to reset the modem at the least when
>I change NICs.
>
>Might be worth a try.  It'll take 5 minutes, maybe 10.
>
>kelly
>
>
>Quoting Jay Urish <j at dalwan.net>:
>    At 09:46 PM 5/24/00 , you wrote:
>
>    Kip has a static Ip.. I even tried DHCP with my winblows laptop. It
>    wouldn't get an address..
>
>    The funny thing is, I put all of the static info into the laptop and it
>    wouldn't work there either..
>
>    >         In my experience with @home (both in Toronto, and in Nashville,
>    >never used a cablemodem in Texas), they require DHCP for the clients,
>    >simply copying the auto-assigned Windows IP/GW/Etc won't work 
> (Cablerouter
>    >thingy remembers MAC addr of NIC who DHCP'd the IP).  Try running "dhcpcd
>    >eth1" on the Linux boxen (assuming you want eth1 to be the interface
>    >connected to cablemodem), and see what you get.  Best of luck!
>    >
>    >--
>    >A.L.Lambert
>    >
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Jay Urish
Network Engineer - Dallas Wide Area Networking L.L.C
www.dalwan.net