On Sat, 13 May 2000, David Bottrill wrote:
it dawned on me that as it still only worked on the original Laptop that it may be the Cable Modem / DHCP server has registered the MAC address of the laptop and will not accept another NIC. I then hacked the PC to overide the Burnt-in MAC, this fixed the problem. Is the MAC address is stored in the Cable Modem, then it may be possible to fix the problem by power-cycling the modem, I haven't tried this!!
Just thought you all may find this useful.
Yup, I can confirm this, at least in my area, the cable modems that Comcast uses bind to the MAC address, and a simple power cycle on the cable modem gets over this. I also understand, but haven't had to resort to it, that they can reset the MAC address desired by the cable modem remotely. -- "Contrary to popular belief, penguins are not the salvation of modern technology. Neither do they throw parties for the urban proletariat." -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/