[SATLUG] OT(?sorta) Linksys WCG200 - DHCP wrong (or bad) address with routing and NAT turned on

[Aaron Hackney]

>> How I found the 192.168.5.4 address was by turning OFF the routing and
>> NATing on my Linksys and letting *their* DHCP set the  info on a
>> windoze box and looking at it with ipconfig /all.
>>   
>>     
> Cute.  Then one of my earlier suggestions may apply: you might have had
> a rogue server injected somewhere in your up-channel network.  Under the
> best of conditions, some people's kids don't understand the need to
> isolate their networks when experimenting with creating a server.  If it
> was an intentional hack, however...
>   
I would packet sniff your PC's DHCP request from the ISP. If there is a 
rouge server or multiple DHCP servers, you should see DHCP offers from 
several DHCP servers, as well as a single ACK and (possible many) 
NACK(s) from your PC.
HTH
-A

>> This morning it was down again.  So I went thru the process of
>> turning off the routing and NATing to let their (Grande's) DHCP setup
>> the windoze box:
>>
>>         IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 66.90.163.202
>>         Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.254.0
>>         Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 66.90.163.254
>>         DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.5.4
>>   
>>     
> Obviously, we're NOT talking about YOUR router here...  The DHCP server
> in you list is definitely rogue...
>   
>>         DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 66.90.132.162
>>                                             66.90.130.10
>>
>> So I copied that to notepad and decided to see what would happen if  I
>> put the routing and NATing back on and let the router pick up a DHCP
>> address. It came up with a 24.155.114.XXX address.  Which *miracle of
>> miracles*  worked!    So I guess they fixed whatever was whigging out
>> with the DHCP.
>>   
>>     
> Yeah, by switching over to one of Grande's alternate nets
> (24.xx.xx.xx)...  See below.  Expect a switch-back sometime in the near
> future, unless maybe they've undergone a net assignment change. 
> Unusual, but...
>
> Grande Communications Networks, Inc. GRANDECOM-03 (NET-24-155-0-0-1)
>                                                     24.155.0.0 -
> 24.155.255.255
>
> Grande Communications SAN ANTONIO GRANDECOM-MARKET03
> (NET-24-155-112-0-1)                                                  
>                                         24.155.112.0 - 24.155.115.255
>   
>> Why couldn't the tech support guys just say there could be OR is a routing issue and we are looking into it???
>> Why tell me that it's my hardware when I know full well it's NOT my hardware.
>>   
>>     
> I dunno...  Arrogance, your gender, any number of pig-headed reasons. 
> According to most ISPs, its never their problem, even if the building's
> burning down around them.  Go figure...
>
> Cheers;
> Ed
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