[TriLUG] Roadrunner Port Blocking issues / tech support hilarity

erik at underhanded.org erik at underhanded.org
Tue Jan 11 20:37:52 EST 2005


On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 08:35:37PM -0500, Aaron S. Joyner wrote:
> It's most likely that that address is the core of his problem, and the 
> simplest solution (sad but true) is going to be turn off his cable modem 
> for X amount of time (probably upwards of 3 to 6 hours), long enough for 
> his lease to drop, and then turn it back on.  Best of luck in getting a 
> hold of someone with the power to actually drop his lease, not to 
> mention fix the root cause of the problem (that being a DHCP server 
> which is handing out potentially problematic addresses).

Thanks for the reply.  I just suggested he do similiar a little while
ago.  He'll probably try tonight before he goes to sleep and hope for
the best.
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