Re: [SLUG] Verizon DSL, IP address renewal

From: xcalibre (xcalibre@mindspring.com)
Date: Fri Apr 15 2005 - 22:23:02 EDT


Did you also cycle the modem?
Also I would update the firmware for the router.

Bill P.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald E Haselwood" <dhaselwood@verizon.net>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 9:54 PM
Subject: [SLUG] Verizon DSL, IP address renewal

> Do you know what happens when Verizon changes ones' DSL address? (It seems
> like about a month ago something changed).
>
> Lately, I can't access the internet via my Linksys wrt54g router (running
> Satori 4_0). I cycle the power on the router then it works. After a
> couple
> times, I noticed that when the router came back up the IP address assigned
> from Verizon had changed.
>
> Suspecting that the "3rd party" software in the router might be part of
> the
> problem, I swapped it with a brand new wrt54g. When it came up, no IP
> address was assigned. I didn't wait too long (maybe 5 minutes, since wife
> and daughter were grumbling), so maybe with time (i.e. hours) it would
> have
> gotten an assignment. Yet when I plugged the old router back in, the IP
> assignment was there "instantly."
>
> It suggests that Verizon must have a file of mac v IP addresses so when
> the
> router reboots the IP address assignment ready, but if a new mac appears
> it
> takes a while to find an available address. Just a guess. I wondered if
> anybody knew how it works.
>
> Regards,
> Don
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