Re: cable modem connection problem

Hiten Pandya wrote: > > >what kind of "mucking" could cause such kind of > >behaviour?. > > this kind of problem did occur to me several times > with NTL (http://ntl.com/) in UK... > > there were installing a Universal Shared Bandwith > Router in their CO (Central Office), after they > installe

Re: cable modem connection problem

Lars Eggert wrote: > > S. Aeschbacher wrote: > > This is possible, but I did not verify it (what kind of "mucking" > > could cause such kind of behaviour?). most of them are "better" > > residental pipes. > > Having a packet filter drop y

Re: cable modem connection problem

Hi [snip] > Actually, it sounds like your provider actively mucks with the link > after a certain time - are these "residential" pipes? If so, they may do This is possible, but I did not verify it (what kind of "mucking" could cause such kind of behaviour?). most of them are "better" residental pi

Re: cable modem connection problem

Hal Snyder wrote: > [snip] > Sounds as if the MAC of the upstream provider occasionally changes. > Don't know enough about cable to understand it better, and problem is > gone now so can't check for sure. As far as my cases are concerned, the MAC address does not change. When the arp entry is del

Re: cable modem connection problem

Hi crontab -e as root and then, insert the following line: */10 * * * * /usr/sbin/arp -d IP.OF.DEF.GW or the brutal version which deletes the entire arp-cache */10 * * * * /usr/sbin/arp -da Stefan Mike D wrote: > > Stefan, > > could you (if it's not too much hassle) mail me the details of s

Re: cable modem connection problem

Hi I experienced similar problems here in Switzerland. It happend with FreeBSD as well as with OpenBSD routers. A solution I found is deleting the arp table entry of the default router of the cable modem provider (as a cron job). I did not investigate the source of the problem. Anyone got any clue