[ale] Dude, I got no Cable !!

[Steve Nicholas]

I HAD cable modem for a short time.  It IS tied to your MAC address unless
things have changed.  Change MAC adresses and you will break it.

Steve

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On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Debrihmi wrote:

> Hi-ya!
>
> I just got a Dell Insperon 5100 notebook (very nice) but when I connect it to
> the cable modem the notebook sees the connection but doesn't use it..
>
> And before you say it, "No I don't need to register my new computer's MAC
> address with the cable company." they tell me that if I'm just unplugging the
> cable from my desktops ethernet card and into my notebook, all I need is to
> "recycle" the modems power (they don't rip you off by charing you extra for
> additional PCs ah-hmm-mediacom-cough..)
>
> When I boot my XP partition it says that it sees the connection but doesn't
> reach out to the net..  I can plug it back into my desktop running Mandrake
> and PRESTO!..
>
> The cable company even told me that if I unplug the modem from the wall and
> the co-axal cable for 1-2 hours, the modem would "reset" and see my notebook -
> NOT!
>
> I've taken this PC to two friends and they merely poll the system and it's
> there..  What gives??
>
> ~
> Debrihmi
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