[ale] Coyote linux / cable modem / dhcp

[hirsch at zapmedia.com]

Gary S. Mackay writes:
 > I was playing with coyote linux over the weekend but can not get it to pull an
 > IP address from my cable modem (Road Runner). I answered 'N'o to the Road
 > Runner DEC stuff during the diskette creation since I don't log on that way.
 > The cable modem, near as I can tell, is just a media converter, no IP address,
 > etc. When I switched my RedHat box to it, I didn't have to do anything other
 > than add a second NIC and tell it to use DHCP. Fired up first time and working
 > ever since. I tested the dhcp stuff on the coyote disk by switching the NIC
 > cables and it pulls an address just fine from my RH box, it just doesn't seem
 > to want to do that when plugged into the cable modem. Any thoughts?

You you need to notify your ISP that you will be using a different
MAC?  When I switched routers I had to call MediaOne and give them the
MAC address of the new router, then turn off the cable modem for a
while.  I think this is typical of a DOCSIS (DOCSYS?) cable modem.

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