Decius wrote:
Five months later and it happens again... my internet is down. The router (an SMC Barricade) that I hooked up during the previous debacle is now unable to obtain a DHCP lease from Comcast's network....

So, I replaced the SMC with my Belkin. This is the exact same Belkin that Comcast's first and second level technical support insisted MUST be malfunctioning last December because it was unable to obtain a DHCP lease from their network at that time. It works just fine. I'm back up.

And then three weeks later I'm down again. I was out of town on Sunday so its possible this occurred on the weekend as well. Tried to get a new lease with the Belkin and couldn't, even after resetting both the router and the cable modem. I replaced the Belkin with the SMC, and now I can get a lease just fine.

The last time I had to do this, I was up for 6 months. This time, I was only up for three weeks. Thats not a good sign...

RE: Comcast's DHCP is STILL broken