Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 15:35:45 -0500 From: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig_fxp0 with both DHCP and Link? Message-ID: <20051220203545.GA18143@pit.databus.com> In-Reply-To: <20051220201731.GD28172@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <122020051700.20160.43A83894000F31D000004EC022058863609D0A90079D0B02019B9C010D@comcast.net> <20051220201731.GD28172@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
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> > What do others do? I can't be the only one who wants to avoid calling > > the cable company when they change an Ethernet card. As an aside, powering off the cable modem for few minutes usually works to have it accept the new MAC. (I'm not sure whether a brief power cycle will also work - depends on whether the memory of the MAC is in the cable modem itself or at the other end.) -- Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf I never met a computer I didn't like.
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