On 2025-05-13 22:44:39, Marc Shapiro via Dng wrote:
> Yesterday, my internet connection failed. My ISP sent a tech out today.
> He replaced hardware outside, and eventually was able to connect his
> laptop directly to the ethernet where it comes into the house. It did not
> work when connected to my eero router. The tech thinks the current
> problem is with the router. I have my doubts, however, since the desktop
> computer does not get a network connection when plugged into the router or
> directly into the ethernet port.
> If I do:
> ifdown eth0
> ifup eth0
> I get the following:
> Listening on LPF/eth0/90:2b:34:9d:4d:6b
> Sending on LPF/eth0/90:2b:34:9d:4d:6b
> Sending on Socket/fallback
> DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
> .
> .
> 4 more lines like this, each with a different interval
> .
> No DHCPOFFERS received.
> No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
> Did a config somehow get messed up? Is my network card malfunctioning?
> What info do you need to help diagnose this pboblem.
Did the tech use DHCP? There's things like PPoE and such that ISPs might
use instead on that part of their network. Think they need a user and
password though, which your ISP should tell you what they are.
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