RCN headache, on day 1

[warlord at MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)]

It looks like the DNS administration for Waltham is done
differently than Somerville.  Indeed, looking at the SOA
for Waltham:

184.6.209.in-addr.arpa
        origin = master.dns.erols.net
        mail addr = hostmaster.erols.net
        serial = 1999072701
        refresh = 10800 (3 hours)
        retry   = 3600 (1 hour)
        expire  = 604800 (7 days)
        minimum ttl = 86400 (1 day)

This seems to imply that they last updated it on July 27.  Whereas,
in Somerville:

194.6.209.in-addr.arpa
        origin = smr-cmgr.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com
        mail addr = admin.smr-cmgr.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com
        serial = 99091501
        refresh = 3600 (1 hour)
        retry   = 600 (10 mins)
        expire  = 604800 (7 days)
        minimum ttl = 86400 (1 day)

So, I think the answer is that RCN Sucks.

-derek

Sheldon Dubrowin <dubrowin at bbn.com> writes:

> 
> I got my service this afternoon.
> 
> eth0      Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:04:93:BF:3C
>           inet addr:209.6.184.199
> 
> Hostname: 209-6-184-199.c3-0.wth-ubr1.sbo-wth.ma.cable.rcn.com
> 
> Maybe this will get fixed tomorrow (the 24 hours), lets hope.
> 
> 	Shel
> 
> On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 07:55:11PM -0400, Seth M. Landsman wrote:
> > 	Actually, I just looked at one of my friend's cable modems and his
> > hostname is based on his ip address, so it might be in the process of
> > being changed over.  I've sent email to my contact at RCN who is going to
> > find something definitive out for me.
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 07:42:07PM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > > The hostname is based upon the Cable Modem Serial Number, not the IP
> > > Address.  For example, my hostname is:
> > > 
> > > Official name:  r85aap013821.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com
> > > Host address:   209.6.194.93
> > > 
> > > Looking at my Cable Modem, it is serial number 85aap013821 -- printed
> > > right on the back of the modem.
> > > > 
> > > > Based on what I've seen and what the tech told me, the Hostname is based
> > > > on IP Address and not serial number of the modem.  I found www.tzo.com
> > > > who for $25 a year, has some software, that can do the dynamic addressing
> > > > for me.  Basically, they have a login script, (easy to run from
> > > > dhclient-exit-hooks) and a logout script (easy to add to rc.d/rc.6).
> > > > I figure with the money I'm saving a month, $25 a year is not a big deal
> > > > to have to pay another company for this simple service that M1X did for
> > > > you.  I just wanted to make sure everyone knew what they were getting into
> > > > if they were talking about getting RCN.
> > 
> > -Seth
> > --
> > "It is by will alone I set my mind in motion"
> 
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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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