[ale] Dude, I got no Cable !!

[Matty]

You can verify this by changing the MAC address on the
new machine. If you set it to the MAC address of the
machine that is working, and you can suddenly connect,
you might want to call the nice fellas at the cable co.

On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 00:58, Steve Nicholas wrote:
> 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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