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[Discuss] Very odd RCN behavior, PC can connect, but not routers



No, because since I posted I have been able to connect. Both routers have the same behavior. They can connect once, but thereafter the modem will not respond to further dhcp requests. I found the only way to get that first response is to change the router's WAN MAC to a few value. Fortunately, I have a bunch of MAC addresses in /etc/ethers going back a number of years. 

This is clearly (to me, at least) some change in RCN provisioning and/or firmware. 
But they deny anything changed. 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Edward Ned Harvey (blu)" <blu at nedharvey.com> 
To: "Jerry Natowitz" <j.natowitz at rcn.com>, discuss at blu.org 
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2014 7:19:22 PM 
Subject: RE: [Discuss] Very odd RCN behavior, PC can connect, but not routers 

> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss- 
> bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Natowitz 
> 
> Any suggestions? 

Maybe the WAN jack of your Netgear went bad? 




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