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UglyDork
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join:2002-01-09
Buffalo, NY
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| Re: router dropping connection after 6 hours quote:
Has anybody seen this before?
Yes
Your router is blocking DHCP requests. Your IP has a lease of 6 hours. After that, your computer will request a new IP addy. If the server does not receive a request, it will just assume your PC is off and not give you a new IP.
When this happens, you loose your connection. Something in your router is blocking that process.
Resetting your router to factory defaults would be a good place to start.
With Adelphia and most cable ISP's, there is no configuration needed. The router factory defaults to cable ISP ready.
At that point, reboot everything and see how the connection works. | |
|  eighty7
join:2003-11-25
Solana Beach, CA
| Re: router dropping connection after 6 hours Thanks for the replies.
I'm using a Terayon TG715x cable modem.
If the linksys router was blocking dhcp requests wouldn't that prevent it from getting an ip address in the first place? That's kind of the part that throws me; the fact that it works for a little while, then craps out almost as if service is being actively denied. I noticed that the dhcp lease according to the router page is around 12 hours, maybe it's not sending a renewal request early enough so Adelphia is cutting us off?
Thanks again,
bye. | |
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JacksGhost
Got Bottle?
join:2002-12-29
Buffalo, NY | Re: router dropping connection after 6 hours No. The routers parameters if set to DHCP will initialise and request an IP upon bootup. It won't address the lease time of the IP tho.
jAX. | |
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SkellBasher
Yes Sorto, I'll take my Prozac
join:2000-10-22
North Tonawanda, NY
| said by UglyDork  :
Your router is blocking DHCP requests.
The router isn't blocking DHCP. The router is the DHCP client. It's the router that initiates and manages IP connectivity through it's WAN interface via DHCP.
With Linksys routers, the most common culprit is a firmware problem. I have had success by flashing it down a revision, then back up to the most current.
And please, no one try to blame this on the "Block WAN request" feature, that's not the problem.
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