[X4U] wireless network

[silvo conticello]

On 15 Sep 2004, at 12:22, Peter Krug wrote:
> Also, when I got my DSL, I did not install any of the Earthlink 
> software - DHCP Ethernet worked just fine.  Caveat: I have heard that 
> some cable/DSL providers link the modem to a specific computer based 
> on the mac address.  I haven't ever actually seen this, but 
> theoretically you could have the technician set up a computer then 
> "oops, I need to set up another computer - here's it's mac address" 
> (and you read it off the bottom of the base station to the tech 
> support guy on the phone).

I'm rather ignorant about cable modems, but, from my experience with 
NTL, everytime I need to hook a different computer (don't have yet a 
wireless network) all I have to do is just to unplug and re-plug the 
cable modem to let it 'register' the new Ethernet address.

Silvo

Silvo Conticello
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