cannot use dhcp to verizon fios

RouterOS General
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Hi. I am trying to connect my Mikrotik to Verizon Fios which is their fiber to your door, but the dhcp client keeps sending packets and the server does not respond. The dhcp will hook up to a Linux box I have, but not to FIOS. I am not sure what the difference in the packets are as I cannot get a decent dump of just the dhcp packets. I can get pretty good in the router, but no possibility to get a dump on the Linux box – the tool won’t capture till the interface is up and is configured. I did notice one thing – if I send a client ID from the Linux box, it also times out, but I thought the MT was not sending the clientid, not just a null one. Anyway for the MT not to send the client ID at all, this may help solve my problem.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

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Try spoofing your Linux boxes MAC address on the Mikrotik. Verizon binds the MAC to your IP and will not allow anything else to pull an IP until that MAC is cleared. This is supposed to happen if you release your IP and then connect your new device. I have had luck doing this a couple of times but most of the time I will have to call them to release the binding.

Currently my Mikrotik is just spoofing my old SonicWall MAC. If you work by spoofing than this is probably the cause. Just call them to clear the MAC binding and you should work.

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Hi. A Router os upgrade to 5.20 fixed things right up!

Thanks guys.