Telus seems to me, more of a business run ISP than a technology-savy one. I mean, they'll hire the people with enough knowledge to setup their systems without completely understanding it to save a buck.
I have this opinion because their dailup software, back in 98 would connect to a 800 # to fill out your account... heh, this dailup server used tcp/ip and routed packets on the internet... I got free dailup after discovering how their software worked, and it was a 100% legal hack. heh, go Telus! I was surprised it took them a little over a month to figure out their security hole. There's more, I'm sure of it, but I'm not out to try. Oh yeah, that reminds me. I had my OSA password re-set to Telus's default one day, I couldn't figure out why my password didn't work, so I tried the default... I was choked. It could be a minor error, I called them they told me it was the first they heard of. I don't know, but if this happened to more people I'd be worried. On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 16:05:27 -0600 (MDT) "Trevor Lauder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Great idea but it's not really good enough for what I need, last time I > tried to register a MAC on the OCA page our client was down for 4 days on > Telus without email or web (They run in-house web and email). I'm not > giving it another try because I don't trust the service from Telus enough > to risk it again. That script however sounds like I could use it. Do you > know if he's using dhcpcd to set the MAC upon request or if he's using > ifconfig? Even if I just know what he's using to do it in the script, I > can just write my own with that information. Thanks for the help. I > would switch to Shaw if I could but they don't offer service in this > particular area. > Later, > > > I'm pretty sure you can't have two identical MAC's on the same switch > > and have them work independently? unless its a layer 3 switch... > > > > A little discrepency I noticed with Telus, is using their online > > registration, you can register one mac. use your dhcp client daemon to > > request an IP. > > de register that MAC on Telus Online registration. > > > > register another mac... > > rinse, repeat... > > I'm not sure if it still works, but IIRC it did. > > > > > > > > On Fri, 16 Aug 2002 10:23:00 -0600 > > "Kevin Anderson" <List [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I thought of this, it's an ifconfig parameter, but if he needs to > >> register the MAC before he can recieve a DHCP, then he'll probably > >> only be able to get one at a time. > >> > >> I don't know the answer to this, but would it work to make ETH0 and > >> ETH1 the same physical device? Also, could you run 2 MACs > >> simultaneously on a NIC? Two IPs, sure, but 2 MACs? That I'm not so > >> sure about. > >> > >> Kev. > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 10:22 PM > >> Subject: Re: (clug-talk) IP aliasing > >> > >> > >> > On Thu, 2002-08-15 at 15:50, Trevor Lauder wrote: > >> > > You can't do IP aliasing on the Telus ADSL network because of what > >> > > you say, you reserve your IPs by MAC address and you can't enter > >> > > in the same MAC twice. Nor can you hard-code your IP address(s), > >> > > even static is > >> done > >> > > through DHCP.... someone should smack the dodo at Telus who came > >> > > up with that system. Anyways, they don't support it and it will > >> > > not be possible until they modify their OCA frontend/database to > >> > > allow that kind of > >> thing, > >> > > apparently they are working on it but I wouldn't hold my breath. > >> > > I believe you can do it with route2 and 2+ external NICs, although > >> > > I'm > >> still > >> > > working on getting it working (I had CADVision here before and > >> > > used IP aliases with 1 NIC, didn't need route2 for that as the > >> > > Linux firewall > >> only > >> > > had 1 default gateway, with 2 external NICs you get 2 default > >> > > gateways). I know this isn't very positive feedback but this is > >> > > the way Telus > >> works. > >> > > Later, > >> > > > >> > > >> > It is possible to change the mac address of your nic to obtain > >> > multiple ips through dhcp. A friend of mine has a script to do just > >> > that. In fact he works for telus in DHCP support and has help > >> > customers with it. I will attempt to get the script from him and > >> > forward it to the list. > >> > > >> > regards, > >> > > >> > Mark > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >
