I had spoke with my ISP about that very topic and they didn't feel that
was an issue, but they would not give me an exact time frame for the
time-out. 

I'm going to work with them on flushing that cache before I attempt any
future moves like this.

Thanks,



Eric Maynard
Technology Associate,
Holmes County District Public Library
Millersburg, OH  44654
 
Email [emaynard at holmeslib dot org]
Phone [330.674.5972 x.224]
Fax   [330.674.1938]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Buechler [mailto:cbuechler at gmail dot com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:50 PM
> To: Eric Maynard
> Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] Outbound NAT Help
> 
> On 1/26/06, Eric Maynard <emaynard at holmeslib dot org> wrote:
> > Now i really feel like a noob!
> >
> > I just deleted everything (for probably the 100th time) and retried
and
> > now it appears to be fine.  No wonder I am going bald!!!!!!!
> >
> 
> I think the key thing, from what you said, is the IP that worked was
> "not used before".  I'm assuming you probably used that IP with some
> other device, and hence MAC address.  I'm betting it had nothing to do
> with reconfiguring, it was due to some upstream device from you
> (probably a router) with your old MAC in its ARP cache.  Most routers
> hold their ARP cache for several hours, 4 hours is the default for
> Cisco routers.
> 
> glad it's working though!
> 
> -Chris