fonzbear2000
Premium
join:2005-08-09
Saint Paul, MN | i'm confused
is a 169 IP a bad thing? |
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DriveByTroll
@whirlpool.com | »www.netdummy.net/privateip.html |
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Cyberguru
join:2005-06-09
Phoenix, AZ | reply to fonzbear2000
a 169 ip address is assigned by windows...LOL Comcast wouldn't and couldn't send you one. The tech is very confused...
Also, if the DHCP server was down, they couldn't send you anything....LOL |
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Justin413
join:2003-07-22
Methuen, MA | reply to fonzbear2000
yes thats a windows default ip address. you will not have a connection |
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muecker
join:2003-07-20
Littleton, CO | reply to fonzbear2000
Not all 169 addresses are 'bad' or non-routable. But, in this case, it is. |
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ncherry
Premium
join:2003-07-13
Monroe Township, NJ
 ·Comcast
| Not so MS as a standard ...
Actually it's not a 'Windows' default as much as it is the auto-config protocol (»www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3330.txt for special addresses and »www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3927.txt Link-Local). It just happens to be that MS is one of the Authors and uses it heavily. |
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Titus Pullo
I came, I saw, I slept
join:2004-06-26
 ·Embarq
| I've never understood
why some techs hate this 'feature' so much. I base this on (A) the fact that it can be turned off via windows w/a registry hack, and (B) it enables a subnet to communicate machine to machine when a DHCP server is down. Even my network+ instructor hated the concept of APIPA. Know what it is and then either use it or turn it off.
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click_310
Eat my shorts
join:2002-12-06
Savannah, GA | reply to fonzbear2000
Re: i'm confused
169 IP will give you the clap  |
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joshuapat
join:2002-01-04
Saint Paul, MN
clubs:
1 edit | It's been down longer than that
I came home from a weekend on the east coast Sunday and couldn't get online, kept pulling a 169.x IP address. After a call to tech support I was told I had a bad modem and should exchange it on Monday. When I got home with the new modem that afternoon it wouldn't even sync. Hopefully this gets fixed quickly, kinda hard to work from home when you can't VPN into your corporate network. 
Edit: Can't spell today |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Question
What would happen if you just hard-coded the valid IP address you previously had into the router as a static IP?
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elios
join:2005-11-15
Springfield, MO | it should work but if you have an IP just check when your DHCP lease is up you should be ok till then |
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Stevie Nicks
@ameritech.net
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Re: i'm confused
said by Cyberguru  :The tech is very confused... That's their normal state...when in doubt, guess. |
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muecker
join:2003-07-20
Littleton, CO
| reply to elios
Re: Question
The cable modem also gets an IP address from DHCP. So, if it has lost its IP and it can't complete DHCP then it will not be able to bridge the traffic. So, in this case, hard coding your IP address into your computer would not work if your modem does not have an IP.
This problem is still occuring or is it resolved? Not much clarification on that aspect... |
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moby866
Premium
join:2000-10-07
Above you | Good to see
Its good to see that Comcast is on top of things. Now if they could just fix it.... |
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btmoore
join:2000-04-21
Oakland, CA
| I love static
This is why true static address should always be option providers offer. This is why I won't touch any dynamic or even sticky service. I don't trust any provider to when it comes to my device configurations. I prefer them to just to keep their circuits and routers up. |
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rob_in_chatt
Premium
join:2004-09-17
Chattanooga, TN | outage
Thanks Comcast! |
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BlitzenZeus
Burnt Out Cynic
Premium,MVM
join:2000-01-13
Beaverton, OR
 ·Verizon FIOS
·Verizon Online DSL
| This is news?
Years ago when I had @Home, and ATT Broadband both providers had issues with dhcp, and dns so I had two network cards on two different configurations, one on static, another on dhcp.... I ended up using the static configuration very frequently, and that was on top of serious packet loss they said was not a problem....
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sweintz
Premium
join:2002-03-01
Hamden, CT
| reply to Titus Pullo
Re: I've never understood
said by Titus Pullo :why some techs hate this 'feature' so much. I base this on (A) the fact that it can be turned off via windows w/a registry hack, and (B) it enables a subnet to communicate machine to machine when a DHCP server is down. Even my network+ instructor hated the concept of APIPA. Know what it is and then either use it or turn it off. The hatred comes form administering large private nets, without DHCP, or with DHCP reservations and no leases, etc. It's annoying to get BS arps coming from 169.xx.xx.xx from boxes that some clooless users decides to plug into your network... |
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lightzout
Premium
join:2005-07-29
San Anselmo, CA
| reply to btmoore
Re: I love static
Comcast does offer fixed ip for home offices in lower priced business packages but I think it starts at around $100/month. I looked into it for my wifes office but it didnt seem to offer anything other than a fixed ip for the most part. I am not knowledgeable about dhcp but something tells me a fixed address is no safeguard against dhcp or other large network issues. Comcast is the only show in town and they are better than @home or att were for reliability so I cant be too ungrateful. I did put my modem and router on their own power backup for the inevitable PG&E outages this winter. |
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joe40
join:2005-11-26
Danbury, CT | reply to BlitzenZeus
Re: This is news?
it been longer than two day
i been having that issue for a week now.
modem stay connected but when lease get renewed, gone |
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