Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 09:13:02 -0600 From: "Grant Cooper" <grant.cooper@nucleus.com> To: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Changing MAC Address Message-ID: <001b01c22691$fd810640$d74afea9@ab.hsia.telus.net> References: <F223YBr4BvRnfvcySa40000bf7a@hotmail.com> <20020708234632.C2E2DBB2C@i8k.babbleon.org>
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I think I know what you are talking about. Register the MAC of your FreeBSD box and since you have a firewall you just need another card for your internal network. You can have as many connections as your hub allows you to have. Look up Gateways and freeBSD. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org> To: "Brett Cates" <bcates513@hotmail.com>; <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 5:46 PM Subject: Re: Changing MAC Address > > On Monday 08 July 2002 11:57 am, Brett Cates wrote: > | Hi, > | > | Basically, I am trying to setup a firewall on my cable modem, but the > | cable company has made it to where the DHCP server will only serve requests > | from a specific MAC address. The cable company's tech support is kinda > | being jerks about setting up a firewall, > > So don't *tell* them that you want to set up multiple machines. > > Just tell them that you are worried about security. Or that you got a new > machine. > > Surely they don't refuse to provide service every time somebody replaces > their NIC? > > Did these guys take lessons from Microsoft or something? > > Also, you might want to see whether your phone company has ASDL if the cable > company is so arrogant. > > (Around here, it's the other way 'round. Too bad you don't have TWC.) > > > | because I guess they want more > | money for multiple PC's using the Internet. =P I can't switch NIC's > | because they are different bus types (The NIC is PCI but my router is a 486 > | w/ ISA only). Is there a way that FreeBSD can send the DHCP server another > | MAC address instead of the one on the card? I have seen a few posts around > | that say Linux and FreeBSD can do it, but they don't really say how. Any > | help will be most appreciated! > | > | Thanks, > | Brett > | > | > | _________________________________________________________________ > | Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > | http://www.hotmail.com > | > | > | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > | with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) > http://www.babbleon.org > > http://www.eff.org http://www.programming-freedom.org > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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