Re: [Efw-user] How to release the external IP address?

[Shaun S. (home) <sh...@sk...>]

If you're worried about the issue with so many of those ISP edge devices
- allowing only 1 MAC to grab an IP - my solution has always been to
bounce the box.

Shaun 


-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Marzke [mailto:le...@ma...] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 6:38 PM
To: efw...@li...
Subject: Re: [Efw-user] How to release the external IP address?

No need to release,  the Actiontek will just ask for a lease and get
one, which could be the same IP as you currently have.

Lee

WildDoktor wrote:
> Hi; this is my first question to this group.  Yep; I searched for the 
> answer, but didn't find it...so now I'm asking. :-)
>
> I'm experimenting with Endian and need to revert back to my original 
> setup for a few days.  I'm running Verizon FIOS, and the original 
> setup is an Actiontec router.  When I installed Endian as the 
> firewall, I basically did an ipconfig /release from the UI of the 
> Actiontec router, then turned off that router's ability to grab an IP 
> from Verizon.  After that, I unplugged the ethernet cable going from 
> the FIOS ONT to the Actiontec, and plugged it into the Endian red 
> interface.  Endian red picked up a DHCP address, and away I went.
>
> My question is, now that I need to revert back for a few days, how do 
> I release the IP address from the Endian UI so I can plug back into 
> the Actiontec?  (Yes, I realize that I need to enable the Actiontec to

> grab a DHCP addy first...)
>
> Thanks!
> Bill
> <><
>   


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