MediaOne dns problems

[Jerry Feldman]

When the renumber your node, it takes them 12 or more hours for the DNS to 
catch up. If the DNS does not catch up, then call them. All they need to do 
is to reprovision. This process causes the DNS to be updated. (eventually).
John Abreau wrote:
> My Mediaone connection has finally been working okay for the past week or so,
> but now a new problem has cropped up. My ip address changed, as it has a
> number of times before, but this time the corresponding dns entry for
> my cablemodem, h00306548b0d2.ne.mediaone.net, wasn't updated to match.
> Releasing and renewing the dhcp lease doesn't help, it keeps coming back with
> the same new ip address, and the dns entry doesn't change with it. I've even 
> tried powercycling the cablemodem and the router, separately and 
> simultaneously,
> to no effect.
> 
> Is this a common problem, and is there an easy fix for it?
> 
> 
> --
> John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix 
> ICQ#28611923 / AIM abreauj / Email jabr at blu.org
> 
> 
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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