Re: Trying to replace my router with a Debian machine - but I can't understand my existing setup
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Emanoil Kotsev <deloptes@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Aneurin Price wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Emanoil Kotsev <deloptes@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> they could be configured to take the mac address and obtain the ip ...
>>> same mac, same IP ?? do you think its possible. check
>>>
>>
>> This is an interesting point.
>> I've just managed to get the connection to work by re-entering the
>> connection details in the modem (without changing anything) and restarting
>> it. I suspect that it may have learned the MAC address of the router it
>> was connected to and been continuing to attempt to bridge the connection
>> to that device. Restarting would then have given it the opportunity to
>> detect that it's connected to a different device.
>>
>> So it turns out that the config of my new machine I'd set up was fine
>> after all, and I just needed to restart the modem. Tch. Why didn't I try
>> that in the first place?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nye
>
> hehe, this was fun in respect to the 1000 lines you wrote. I can not help
> you answer the question why you did not try this first ;-)
>
Yeah, it's amazing how often restarting things will magically fix problems.
I really ought to remember to try that more often.
Nye
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