Cogeco Connection Issue
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My ISP is Cogeco, and I currently use a TP-Link wireless router. It acts as a DHCP client and dynamically gets an IP of 2xx.xxx.xxx.145, a netmask of 255.255.255.128, and a gateway of 2xx.xxx.xxx.129. (An IP from a split C-Class - ie /25). I am in the process of replacing the old router with a pfSense installation [2.2.5] on an older spare computer.
The pfSense box, with the WAN interface (nfe0) set up as a DHCP client will not pick up this information. I thought it might be a faulty interface, but if I plug the pfSense WAN interface into the above mentioned TP-Link router, it is given an IP with no problem, (192.168.1.112) So, I believe the interface works properly. The ethernet cable being used has been tested and is working.
I believe I may be doing something wrong, or am missing some setting? Has anyone had a similar problem? Amy suggestions?
Thanks
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Reconnect pfSense to WAN and then bounce your cable modem at least once. On a lot of ISP gear, you have to reboot the unit for it to bind to a new MAC address presented by your router.
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Thanks for your reply.
What do you mean by Bounce?
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To bounce: make it go down, then back up. In other words, do a power-cycle. Turn it off, wait, turn it on.
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Thanks
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I think I remember someone saying that some modems needed to be off for at least 30 seconds to properly reset them, so take that into account as well.
