MediaOne dns problems

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

Lease renewal does not require a reboot. On Linux, all that should be 
necessary is to stop and start your dhcp client. On Windows, use 
winipcnfg. The helpless desk people think that a reboot cures all ills 
because their cookbooks assume that all their customers are even more 
clueless. 

WRT: AT&T (and before that M1) help desk. On occasion I have found 
some of these people to be totally clueless and on other occasion I found 
them to be knowledgable and even helpful. One guy was even a Linux 
user.  

On 9 Apr 2001, at 11:31, Derek Martin wrote:


> This has happened to me three times.  Renewing the lease (actually
> rebooting) did fix it once only.  The helpless desk at AT&T will be
> happy to fix it for you, but it likely will take a day or two.  And
> yes, you will have to wait on hold for an hour.  Sorry...  :)

Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Associate Director
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org
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