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Re: Needed Verizon tech to "break ip lease" to restore service Actiontec ip release procedure:
Log into router (192.168.1.1; admin &password1 are the likely username& pswd if the router was configured by VZ tech)On left side of main page, click on the globe image, which will open a page of LAN & WAN connections to the right. Look across the list for "broadband connection coax (if MoCa) or broadband connection ethernet, click on whichever shows as "connected" to expand , scroll to the bottom, click "settings" then scroll back up to the middle where you will see the release & renew buttons. After releasing disconnect or power down router to prevent it from auto renewing with the ONT. It is important to release routers before changing, as the ONT marries MAC address and will not recognize the new router unless its predecessor has been released first. | |
 birdfeedrPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-11
Warwick, RI
kudos:5 | said by desmophone: It is important to release routers before changing, as the ONT marries MAC address and will not recognize the new router unless its predecessor has been released first. Not arguing, as you got most of it right, but just to clarify, the ONT doesn't marry anything on internet. The IP/MAC association takes place further upstream. If anything, the ONT is the so-called modem. I'm cringing as I say that, because the purists really hate to use that term with fiber. Close enough to say the ONT just converts laser signals to RF video and ethernet signals.
The reason rebooting the ONT may clear up a connection problem is because it renegotiates authorization to deliver services.
Also, in many cases but not all, the IP address can be released simply by letting it time out past two hours.
And if the router is connected PPPoE (rare but not insignificant), it likely gets a new IP each connection. | |
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