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Originally Posted by xocemp
VM confirm after usual restarts that PC gets no IP/169 address (modem direct connect)
VM first line agent has customer remove coax or put modem in standby, customer gets a 192.168.100.1 to .11 IP. ( All very cleaver this DHCP stuff  )
VM first line agent contacts 2nd line who search the CMTS and ARP for the physical address. |
I got 192.168.100.11 when i unplugged the coax, put the router's original MAC back and rebooted it. Reconnected coax, rebooted router and i got another 213.x.x.x address, so problem now seems resolved.
So i'm guessing the modem is providing DHCP when there's no Coax link so the local hardware can talk to the modem (neat idea), but i'm none the wiser as to the cause of my problem. Ah well.
Thanks to you all.