From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 15 19:45:45 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2E9316A427 for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 19:45:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rjhjr@cox.net) Received: from eastrmmtao01.cox.net (eastrmmtao01.cox.net [68.230.240.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3471D43D45 for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 19:45:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rjhjr@cox.net) Received: from localhost ([68.230.186.138]) by eastrmmtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.00 201-2131-123-20050610) with ESMTP id <20050715194541.JPRM1601.eastrmmtao01.cox.net@localhost> for ; Fri, 15 Jul 2005 15:45:41 -0400 Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 15:45:43 -0400 From: Bob Hall To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050715194543.GA4266@kongemord.krig.net> Mail-Followup-To: Bob Hall , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42D7FD1C.5060104@dial.pipex.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: DHCP assigned unregistered IP address X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 19:45:45 -0000 On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 07:14:52PM +0100, Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > 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 ;-) In this case, the green lights were on. It seems as though the failure to contact the DHCP server was only momentary, but just long enough to ensure that my gateway box was assigned an unregistered IP address by the modem. The order of events was roughly 1) DHCP server off line 2) Modem fails to contact server 3) Modem assigns unregistered IP address to FBSD box. 4) DHCP server comes back on line 5) I check modem lights, which are all green, since the modem can now communicate with the server. > >was new, and generally the techs can distinguish between their cloacal > >anatomy and a geophysical excavation. > > > two types of techs. The ones for whom their cloacal anatomy is > indistinguishable from their articulatio cubiti, and the ones who Damn. Trumped by medical Latin. I hate it when that happens. :)