[CLUE-Tech] AT&T Broadband

[rrarabie at attbi.com]

> No, I was just curious -- at first I kept trying to just restart
> networking -- it *shouldn't* be necessary to reboot to get networking
> to work correctly under Linux. Obviously AT&T has some b0rken
> setups...

Yeah.  You shouldn't have to reboot a Linux box, or any *nix.  Every time I would try to get an IP my DHCPREQUESTS time out.  No responses.

I did the Mac thing mainly so when I was on the phone with them I could follow their on-screen troubleshooting steps.

It just doesn't work when they say "Go to START --> Settings --> Control Panel..." And then I respond, "OK, I'm vi 'ing /etc/dhcpclient.conf"

> Oh, that's not good. Good luck with it. I hope that it doesn't
> take too much longer.
 
Up to 48 hours :-(

Cheers!

Randy
> rrarabie at attbi.com wrote:
> 
> >>Have you tried unplugging the modem & rebooting?
> >>
> > 
> > Are you joking?  Yes.  I did follow their instructions.
> 
> 
> No, I was just curious -- at first I kept trying to just restart
> networking -- it *shouldn't* be necessary to reboot to get networking
> to work correctly under Linux. Obviously AT&T has some b0rken
> setups...
> 
>  
> > I figure if my Mac couldn't get online, it HAS to be their problem.  It would 
> be really hard to misconfigure TCP/IP networking on a Mac.
> 
> 
> Good point -- that's a good litmus test.
> 
>  
> > When I finally got a person on the phone this morning they said they could not 
> "see" my modem on the network.
> 
> 
> Oh, that's not good. Good luck with it. I hope that it doesn't
> take too much longer.
> 
> Zonker
> 
>  
> > Cheers!
> > 
> > Randy
> > 
> >>I had the same kind of problem last night -- but this morning
> >>everything seems to be (finally) working right.
> >>
> >>Last night I managed to pull an IP & DNS, but couldn't resolve
> >>*anything* -- I could ping the AT&T DNS & even some other IPS,
> >>but nothing else worked.
> >>
> >>This morning, all is well. I'm 99.9999% all the problems are
> >>on their end.
> >>
> >>Oh -- I'm in 80231, if that means anything.
> >>
> >>Zonker
> >>
> >>
> >>rrarabie at attbi.com wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>I'm in the 80212 ZIP code.  Apparently there is a problem with AT&T's DHCP 
> >>>
> >>there.  I spent two hours trouble shooting with my three two Linux boxes, my 
> >>OpenBSD box, and my Mac before I broke down and called support.  I could not 
> get 
> >>an IP assigned with any of those machines.  All were previously configured to 
> >>work with DHCP on the @home network, and all were working fine.  My OpenBSD 
> was 
> >>the gateway so would get an IP assigned by @home and then it was assigning 
> >>192.X.X.X numbers for the rest internally.
> >>
> >>>After 3 hours of frustrating hold time with AT&T this morning I can only say 
> I 
> >>>
> >>have a trouble ticket number.  They could not reach my modem from their end.  
> >>That contradicts what my modem says, as the two solid lights indicate that it 
> is 
> >>receiving signal from an upstream provider.
> >>
> >>>I've got a long detail rant I sent them via a feedback website they have.  I 
> >>>
> >>think I'll post it on usenet too, but won't do it here unless your interested.
> >>
> >>>Cheers!
> >>>
> >>>Randy
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>On 12-05 14:00, Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Jeffery Cann wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Joe,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>I feel your pain.  I already went through section 3 of the DHCP 
> mini-HOWTO,
> >>>>>>referenced by Brandon and I am still not able to connect as of this 
> morning.  
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>I
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>am at work, so I cannot try some other ideas.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>Yes, the mini-HOWTO isn't much help. An actual config file that I can
> >>>>>modify is what I'm looking for. Don't be stingy people, post those
> >>>>>configs!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>Here's my pump.conf:
> >>>>retries 3
> >>>>device eth1 {
> >>>> nodns
> >>>>}
> >>>>;
> >>>>eth1 is the "internal" interface on my firewall...eth0 is the external.
> >>>>
> >>>>All I did was run pump -i eth0. I am using RH 6.1.
> >>>>
> >>>>HTH,
> >>>>
> >>>>-- 
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