@Jeffj wrote:Are you certain this behavior is fact? because i was using 3 seperate devices (router laptop and tower) in bridge mode and testing all 3 of them for speed and latency, and had no issues rapibly switching bethween the 3 and getting a public ip assigned (each device was assigned a different public ip as rogers DHCP server binds the address by mac)
Officially, the fact is that Rogers only provides 1 IP address to Retail/Consumer users.
Unofficially, Rogers provides 2 IP addresses to "some" Retail / Consumer users (where "some" could be all, but I cannot confirm). This is based on 2 data points: My own experience & this thread: http://communityforums.rogers.com/t5/forums/forumtopicpage/board-id/Getting_connected/thread-id/3024...
Per that thread, Retail/Consumer customers can purchase additional IP addresses. (see https://na.edit.client.yahoo.com/rogers/show_static?.form=rogers_pu_mi_addipadrs&.intl=ca for details)
When I called Rogers 2 years ago to get additonal IPs for my home, they told me that this was no longer available for Hybrid Fibre plans (which I was switched to from another plan by retentions) - and that I would have to switch to a Business plan to get additonal IPs (which I didn't do). Thus, this does not cover Business plans or those Consumers who have purchased more than 1 IP address, or those Consumers who may be on a special EPP plan that provides multiple IP addresses as an affiliate perk.
As for not being able to connect a 3rd device, and the DHCP server locking in your 1st & 2nd MAC address, and waiting for 48 hours for it to flush, this fact was told to me by Rogers technical support last year. I cannot validate the accuracy.
However, several variables exist;
1 - It's possible that Rogers now allows 3 or more IP addresses for "some" customers
2 - It's possible that Rogers has fixed (some of) the DHCP servers to better handle "bridge-mode" operation where the connected clients change.
3 - Last week, my pfSense server reported that my Rogers IP address lease time was 1 hour. As of Saturday, that's moved to 48 hours. Is it possible your lease time was short during your testing?
4 - It's possible that Rogers only allows 1 IP address for "some" customers like markopas. So depending on the DHCP server for your neighbourhood, you might only get 1 - and hence why spoofing your laptop mac in your modem is necessary.
Did you use ipconfig/release in your testing jeffj?
One variable that's not clear is whether markopas used ipconfig/release from their laptop (& then immediately disconnected the cable before the laptop could send a new DHCP request) before connecting their router.
RogersMaude
