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   PID: PyGate 1.5.2   
   TID: PyGate/Linux 1.5.2   
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   REPLYADDR lars@beagle-ears.com   
   REPLYTO 3:633/10 UUCP   
   On 2025-12-30, Jim Diamond  wrote:   
   > My router's DHCP function has a serious case of brain damage.  (It is   
   > supplied by my ISP and is not easy to avoid using, because of the way they   
   > control their fiber optic cable based system.)  Right now it thinks the Pi   
   > in question is using the "mystery" IPv4 address, and it resolutely declares   
   > that the "proper" address is not connected.  The Pi itself disagrees.   
      
   My current ISP is Frontier Fiber, and I have a business account with   
   a static IP address. While they supply a fiber termination unit in   
   my house wiring closet, they also supply a Sagemcom router/WiFi   
   device, which I *must* use because my static IP is the creation of a VPN   
   feature inside the router, for which they do not provide any   
   usable documentation. So I had them bridge that IP to one of the   
   ethernet ports on the Sagemcom device, and then have my own edge   
   router attached to that. I can't turn off the WiFi on the Sagemcom, but   
   I have my own WiFi access point behind my router.   
      
   I am not very happy with the arrangement, but my bandwidth is 500 Mbps   
   symmetric, although my (old) edge router is only 10/100 ethernet.   
   But after spending years on a 15Mbps symmetric network, I am happy to   
   get 100/100 that WORKS.   
      
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