[ale] [OT] router question

[Derek Atkins]

ComCast owns net-24, too:

whois 24.0.0.0
[Querying whois.arin.net]
[whois.arin.net]
...
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. EASTERNSHORE-1 (NET-24-0-0-0-1)
24.0.0.0 - 24.15.255.255
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. PA-34 (NET-24-0-0-0-2) 24.0.0.0 -
24.0.255.255


-derek


On Sun, August 25, 2013 11:14 am, Ron Frazier (ALE) wrote:
> Somebody mentioned Comcast.  You didn't say who your provider is, but if
> it's Comcast, a 24. address doesn't sound like Comcast.  My Comcast WAN ip
> currently starts with 76.
>
> Ron
>
>
>
> "Ron Frazier (ALE)" <atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi John,
>>
>>Here are some random thoughts:
>>
>>I'm assuming you meant 100.42 on that last ip address.
>>
>>I've had similar problems with a small Linksys print server.
>>
>>* Make sure the WAN port on the dlink is wired to the LAN port on the
>>Motorola, if it has multiple ports.
>>* If the Dlink has a setting where you can set it to a specific
>>address, check if those numbers are empty.  You could set it to "use
>>specific address", empty the numbers or set to an ip that will never
>>exist on your network, save it, then reset it to dhcp.
>>* You could try resetting the dlink to factory defaults then resetting
>>the settings you need.
>>* You could try reflashing the firmware of the dlink.
>>* If you have other switches, pc's, or routers that serve dhcp, make
>>sure it's not talking to them.
>>* You could use another pc or router to see if those devices can get a
>>proper dhcp address from the Motorola.
>>* Power cycle the Motorola.
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>
>>Ron
>>
>>
>>
>>John Pilman <jcpilman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I need a reality check on what I am seeing at home.  I have a Motorola
>>>Surfboard Modem that says it is setup to provide DHCP addressing in
>>the
>>>range 192.168.100.11 - 192.168.10.42.
>>>Downstream I have a Dlink wireless router that says its connection
>>type
>>>is
>>>DHCP and its WAN address is 24.99.228.229.
>>>
>>>I expected the Dlink router to have a WAN address in the above range.
>>I
>>>tried a few things, like releasing and renewing the connection on the
>>>router using the HTML menus, but I came back to the same thing.  The
>>>Surfboard does not look like it provides anything for me to configure.
>>>I
>>>can only get status information for it.
>>>
>>>Any thoughts?
>>>
>>>...John
>>>
>>
>>
>
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