Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 15:18:40 -0400 From: Hornet <hornetmadness@gmail.com> To: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> Cc: Bob Hall <rjhjr@cox.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DHCP assigned unregistered IP address Message-ID: <f42935a6050715121828a3cc23@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <42D7FD1C.5060104@dial.pipex.com> References: <20050714044924.GA2716@kongemord.krig.net> <20050714175631.GA4985@kongemord.krig.net> <42D7920F.8050701@dial.pipex.com> <20050715170804.GA3788@kongemord.krig.net> <42D7FD1C.5060104@dial.pipex.com>
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On 7/15/05, Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> wrote: > Bob Hall wrote: >=20 > > > >>However, note the "When the Cable Modem is disconnected from the > >>Internet..." so the only reason it should be handing you the local IP i= s > >>if it cannot talk back to the DHCP server it gets your real IP from. I= f > >> > >> > > > >Yea, that's pretty obvious. It's also pretty undesirable. Apparently, > >Motorola decided the checkbox was confusing and removed it, replacing it > >with this automatic behavior. Blea. > > > > > Learning from Microsoft ;-) >=20 > >>If it happens again, you might want to talk to your provider to find ou= t > >>*why*. Does this thing have any flashing lights on the front? > >> > >> > > > >There are LEDs, but they didn't indicate anything was wrong. There have > >been many reboots over the time I've been with this ISP, and this is the > >only time this happened. I'm not going to demand an explanation for a > >fluke. > > > I just meant that it might indicate a fault somewhere in either your > modem or (more likely) some of the hardware between it and the ISP. > Somewhere I have a list of acceptable values for some of the (to me) > impenetrable signal levels etc. which my 4100 can show me. At least if > I see one of those is bad, then I know it's not my fault. If things > don't return to normal in a while, then maybe it's worth contacting tech > support or checking their status page (which I can only do because I > still have a separate dial-up account for just such emergencies). >=20 > Also if the 4100 can't reach the DHCP server, the green lights won't > ever all come on, so it's pretty obvious when there is a fault. Of > course, that might be because the local DHCP server has been turned off ;= -) >=20 > >A better question is why the tech I talked to told me that the > >unregistered IP address wasn't a problem. But she did tell me that she > >was new, and generally the techs can distinguish between their cloacal > >anatomy and a geophysical excavation. > > > > > My experience of virtually every large organisation is that there are > two types of techs. The ones for whom their cloacal anatomy is > indistinguishable from their articulatio cubiti, and the ones who > actually know how to listen, diagnose a problem etc. With the rise in > call centres, the former are becoming more prevalent, and it gets harder > to get your problems referred to the latter. =20 >When the person you talk > to has a script which doesn't go beyond "turn if off; leave it for 30 > seconds and turn it back on again", you are in trouble. You must use comcast. :) >=20 > --Alex >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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