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Originally Posted by Welshchris
So is there anything that u can suggest i can tell them?
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Once your modem stops falling offline I suspect your IP address issues will also go away.
If you can get Wireshark running it will supply some more information on the DHCP traffic. I think what's happening is that your kit is trying to renew DHCP lease using the modem which doesn't work too hotly. I'm not sure why or how it gets the first initial lease but suspect it's trying to renew from the modem.
You can check this by noting the output on ipconfig /all on a PC connected directly to a modem.
And no I'm not going to disbelieve the 169 thing at all, appearances can be deceptive and I've seen what looks at first glance like weird stuff but actually made sense in the end.