On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 9:30 AM, Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn.ch> wrote: >> Any ideas on how I might get that particular box back on the network? >> Is there a way to have the local LAN stay alive when the WAN goes down? > > Where is it getting its IP address from? DHCP from the ISPs box? Ip address from router. > > I've seen some cable modems not give out IP addresses via dhcp when > the WAN link is dead. Because of this incident I am trying to figure out how to continue to have a functioning network even when my WAN connection dies as I need my internal lan to 'work'.