Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 12:16:05 -0700 From: Caleb Walker <caleb.walker@home.com> To: Alan Clegg <abc@bsdi.com> Cc: Alejandro Heyworth <heyworth@digitaldisciples.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cable modem install.... Message-ID: <00083112221103.00252@butthead.walker> In-Reply-To: <20000831190935.A67018@diskfarm.firehouse.net> References: <v03110700b5d341f26a3a@[172.142.154.29]> <00083111524402.00252@butthead.walker> <20000831190935.A67018@diskfarm.firehouse.net>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- When I had RoadRunner/MediaOne they took down the mac of the cable modem and the nic in my system. I cahnged nics and told them about the new adress on the nic but they wrote it down wrong. There was no way in hell i was getting an address unless they knew what nic I had. If they dont use NIC address authentication then what do they use? @home uses a way that the dhclient has to send, along with its address request, a host name. That host name is registered with @home that goes with that address. That is also why with Roadrunner they change your address every month but with @home that cant with the method of authentication they use. Also with Roadrunner they have a service plan that you can register multiple addresses with them in the case that you have a home network. This of coarse costs more. > No, they took down the MAC address of the "Surfboard" or whatever device > they handed you, *NOT* the NIC in the PC. I've switched ethernet cards > quite a number of times since I got my roadrunner service and everything > works just fine. > > AlanC -- Thank You, Caleb Walker (310) 519-8359 (310) 753-8668 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: FuWj+66+kH2m2dd8Jv2W+7BtUWQlT+co iQA/AwUBOa6wY+ePhvvqImYFEQK7FQCdGLAUlu/in6UcsIciwX5c/6F+sbAAoMUA jVK/YGzOC5frdnvUNDcK3vnx =i4Zg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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