Slightly OT: linksys befsr41 and comcast

miah jjohnson at sunrise-linux.com
Sun Jun 27 14:06:00 EDT 2004


cloning the mac adress is simple atleast in linux, and connecting a
linux box right up to the cable modem and grabbing a ip via dhcp
couldnt be easier.  I've had it grab 2hour leases with my befsr41 a
few times too, and requesting new leases over and over it would
finally work.

-miah

On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 02:01:34PM -0400, Chris Ampenberger wrote:
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> Not exactly a Linux question. but anyways. About 2 weeks ago, I updated my 
> linksys BEFSR41 v2 to firmwar version 1.45.11. Since then I get a DHCP lease 
> for 2 hours from comcast and after it doesn't renew it. I either have to 
> power cycle the router or use the dhcp renew button on one of the router 
> pages.
> 
> Comcast says we can't help you, if you have a router. Linksys says, I have to 
> connect a PC direct, that they can check the lease. This is a real pain with 
> comcast since I need to clone the mac address first.
> 
> Has anyone else experienced that or any ideas what to do next?
> 
> Have a wonderful Sunday.
> 
> Chris
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