[X4U] How to determine which network component is failing

[Charles Howse]

On Jul 23, 2006, at 8:24 AM, Wayne Clodfelter wrote:

>>
>> This morning, I was offline, and just by accident decided to try  
>> and release and renew the ip address using the web interface of  
>> the router.
>> BINGO!  Online again!
> Certainly sounds like a router issue.
>>
>> Is this an indication that the router is not noticing that the  
>> lease has expired on my dhcp assigned ip address from the modem?   
>> Or is it an indication that the modem is not renewing it's ip  
>> address?  Or is it something else?
>>
>> Can I tell the router to release / renew the ip address from a  
>> shell script?
> Sounds more like, to me, anyway, that configuration or operation of  
> the router is not quite what it should be.

I've been dealing with this for months, now, but I'm beginning to  
think it's the router also.
Replacing it is "cost-prohibitive", so I will look into maybe  
upgrading the firmware or something.
BTW, I've posted to the Linksys user forums, no replies yet.

Sure do hope someone comes up with a way to release/renew via a shell  
script, that might solve my issues.  I already have a script running  
that checks to see if I'm online.  I could just add the release/renew  
to the "if offline" part.

--
Bubba's FAQ -
http://bubbabbq.homeunix.net/faq.html