[TriLUG] has roadrunner changed something recently?

[Turnpike Man]

+1

The IP address is assigned to you by the MAC address of your NIC/router, not by
the MAC of the cable modem.  I have always had to power cycle my cable modem if
I switch what device I have plugged into it.

David M.

--- Christopher L Merrill <chris at webperformanceinc.com> wrote:

> Ryan Leathers wrote:
> > Note that with this lease I am able to reach a number of detinations on
> what
> > appears to be TWC's private network, but obviously I'm not reaching the
> > Internet.
> 
> Just a thought - did you power-cycle the cable-modem after changing
> which unit was connected to it?  I believe this is required as the
> cable modem knows the MAC address of what is connected to - and seems
> to only work properly with the (single) address it found after boot.
> 
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