Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 08:27:19 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: Bob Hall <rjhjr@cox.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DHCP assigned unregistered IP address Message-ID: <42D613D7.3030708@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <20050714044924.GA2716@kongemord.krig.net> References: <20050714044924.GA2716@kongemord.krig.net>
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Bob Hall wrote: >Tonight, during a thunderstorm, I shutdown the household FBSD internet >gateway. After the storm passed, I booted it up again, only to discover >that during the bootup, my ISP's DHCP server had assigned me a new IP >address. That wasn't a problem in itself, but the new address was >192.168.100.11, an unregistered address. > > As suggested, the cable modem is probably the culprit. If you do not need it's DHCP, can you talk to it by http? Mine is 192.168.100.1 and has a tickbox to turn DHCP on/off on its config page. The trouble then is that you can have *no* IP address if you cable is down, but at least it's clear what's going on. --Alex
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