OCAdead
@telus.net | OCA a'goner?
Tried to logon to my account on the OCA site but nothing happens. Has this service finally died for good? |
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psydfx
join:2002-12-20
Canada | It's slowly being phased out. |
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OCAdead
@telus.net | reply to OCAdead
Ok. By slowly I expect you mean by location Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver etc.
So any ideas what will take its place? |
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river_ratbc
join:2007-09-21 | reply to OCAdead
CSIP |
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nuvem514
join:2007-12-16
Montreal, QC | reply to OCAdead
CSIP is supposed to make life easier.. apparently.
No need for mac address adding though. But the same limits still apply. To add another device, you'll still need to remove a mac addy if you have no more slots |
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OCAdead
@telus.net | reply to OCAdead
Alright so it seems the topic has shifted to CSIP.
NE1 want to shine some light on CSIP and what it brings to the party (if anything)? |
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George Kidd
join:2001-08-09
Vancouver, BC | reply to OCAdead
Hmm... So does CSIP have anything to do with IPv6? Will this mean a new "Round" of Router/Firewall boxes now that I just got a new one recently? |
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river_ratbc
join:2007-09-21
1 edit | reply to OCAdead
said by OCAdead :
Alright so it seems the topic has shifted to CSIP.
NE1 want to shine some light on CSIP and what it brings to the party (if anything)?
CSIP allows a customer to plug in to Telus adsl, and the MAC address of their computer or router is automatically registered, and assigned an IP. This is good for two devices.You should release the IP's of the original devices, before you plug in a third device. If not, then when the third device is plugged in, it takes you to the CSIP log in page (you need your user name and password). Where you will see 2 devices registered and one restricted device.(the new device) You can select to remove one or both of the registered devices. After you've done that and log out of CSIP. You must release and renew the IP of your new device to get rid of the restricted IP. Failure to do this, will keep taking you back to the CSIP site. In the case of routers, you must restart them using their internal "restart system." Simply powering them off would still take you to the CSIP page as they are still assigned the restricted IP.
One more thing, that I was told by Tier 2,(I haven't witnessed it myself) that within 2 hours, the Telus network will automatically register the third device and assign it a working IP, and remove one of the devices that is no longer plugged in, or behind a router. |
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nuvem514
join:2007-12-16
Montreal, QC
| The 2 hour time limit is somewhat true. The most common issue users will have on CSIP is restricted IP (even with no other devices registered).
2 hours is the lease time, so once it's up, just release/renew and the IP should be delivered without issue.
Also, to those running switches, be careful! Switches just distribute the connection, and wreaks havoc on CSIP. It will register/deregister/reassign IPs to all devices connecting on a first-come, first-serve basis |
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George Kidd
join:2001-08-09
Vancouver, BC
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Yeah I noticed the 2 hour lease time. Looks like IPv4 Numbers are getting rather scarce. I suppose this is a short term fix until IPv6 is "Forced" into place....  |
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st7860
join:2004-05-13
San Francisco, CA
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well at least the TELUS DHCP server in Vancouver doesn't go down as often as it did 4 years ago and so a short lease time doesn't matter.. quite often 4 years ago the line would be up and IP communication would be working, but DNS and DHCP wouldn't work. |
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Puggy1
join:2005-02-20
Canada | reply to OCAdead
So how will this affect those people with static IPs? |
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Symtex
join:2005-04-06
Verdun, QC | doesn't change anything |
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