[Cialug] Cable Modems

[Dave Hala]

Are they clearing the arp tables in the modem?

On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
> Yes, this happens to me too here with Mediacom sometimes. It likes to make a relationship to one network card and if you try to switch to another computer/device it will not talk to it. Leaving the modem off for a while usually fixes it, also you can call support (here at least) and they do something on their end that makes it forget the old device. I usually let it rest longer than 5 minutes, but that might be enough.
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>> On Jan 24, 2016, at 3:49 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 24 Jan 2016, Jim Cole wrote:
>>
>>> I assume that when you are switching between laptop and firewall that
>>> you are powering off the modem for a bit between them?
>>> ala
>>> Power off modem
>>> switch device
>>> wait a bit..5-10 min?!?
>>> power on modem and let it sync up
>>> Power on device
>>> ?
>>>
>> Have not tried 5-10 minutes, .. but I can if you think it might make a
>> difference.
>>
>>       Thanks!!
>>
>>       Lee
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