new cable modem - and problems

[Matt Cahill]

  Hey guys,

    This is sort of a follow-up to a post from August. At the time, my
    Terayon cable modem was acting a little weird and I was
    experiencing connection issues with Libranet (either as a result
    of the modem or the dhcp client). It *was* resolved by changing
    the dhcp client (from pump to dhcp), however shortly thereafter I
    was still experiencing strange/intermittant issues with the modem:
    power would go off, connection would flicker out, etc..
    
    So, I finally had a Rogers guy come over and take a look.  He
    replaced the Terayon with a Motorolla Surfboard (585100).  And
    now...I can't connect.

    The dhcp client is simply not able to find a new lease.

    I called R at H and was told that the modem apparently is 'online'
    and reachable from their end.  Certainly, all the lights are on,
    and it certainly looks like it's working.  However, they also told
    me that the hostname (crxxxxx-a) isn't necessary anymore.  But,
    even removing the send-hostname option didn't have any effect.

    I've tried different versions of dhcp/dhcp-client, but still no
    luck.  I'm really, really desperate for any help/pointers that I
    may not be thinking about. [so desperate as to think about loading
    Win98 on one of the partitions, just to prove to myself that the
    modem is operational - that desperate].

    Any help would be most appreciated.

    Matt

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Matt Cahill
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