From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JObx3-0000rI-Qw for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:56:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 15AAEE013C; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:56:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E29FCE013C for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:56:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85C0D65BE0 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:56:15 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -2.599 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.599 required=5.5 tests=[BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id zUlfj6S7Q3GW for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:56:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D961165BC3 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:56:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JObwk-0001sx-F3 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:55:58 +0000 Received: from adsl-76-193-16-114.dsl.chcgil.sbcglobal.net ([76.193.16.114]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:55:58 +0000 Received: from reader by adsl-76-193-16-114.dsl.chcgil.sbcglobal.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:55:58 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: reader@newsguy.com Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Interrogate network for devices Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:55:48 -0600 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87myq7whyj.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87sl01v3hg.fsf@newsguy.com> <87r6fjwym7.fsf@newsguy.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-76-193-16-114.dsl.chcgil.sbcglobal.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:FtFDMNWrezaV/feh51gM+R8Ysw4= Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 62e3e20d-acaf-46ae-b4f3-a3521f409b7d X-Archives-Hash: 44c4e314d286a3961f3020b86f0581e3 Grant Edwards writes: > On 2008-02-11, reader@newsguy.com wrote: >> reader@newsguy.com writes: >> >>> I've recently switched from DSL to Cable connection but still have >>> both working currently. >> >> I've snipped all responses but carefully read through them. I think I >> didn't provide enough info at the outset. >> >> I see now that this cable modem has no ethernet address as several >> posters have suggested. It turned out to be a simple matter of cycling the various modem/router PC s in the right order. Once I got the help desk it took about 2 minutes to get things resolved. It was setup right just needed to recycle the Modem with router off. The cable modem acquires an IP address by dhcp from comcast but also internalizes the MAC of the NIC in the PC, so if you change the MAC (By inserting a router in between, with a different MAC in this case) then the modem continues to try to connect to the MAC it has internalized. It must be rebooted to acquire the new MAC (of the router in this case). Once that happens the Netgear routers (either one) connect with no problems. > It almost certainly has an Ethernet address. It might not, > however, have an IP address. As you may have guessed I meant IP address. That is, although the Modem connects to the PC by ethernet wire, it has no inward facing address. This was explained by at least two other posters. (Something I'd failed to realize. I expected there to be an inward facing IP) At any rate all is now well, and thanks to all for the tips and help. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list