On 5/13/2002 9:04, "Phyllis Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 5/13/02 8:55 AM, Sven AERTS at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I bought an iBook 500Mhz (those little white ones), but I still have my old >> PowerMac 7500/100 with OS9.2 and idem Entourage. >> My ISP connects the MAC-adress of my computers to my cablemodemnr. And to my >> IP adress... >> If I plug out my Ethernet cable from one computer(to cablemodem) to the other >> computer(&cablemodem)... The MAC-CablemodemNr-Ipadress changes and then my >> dear ISP refuses to pass me any info for the next 12 hours... Then it >> releases >> the combination and gives me a new Ipadress... > <snip> > > Buy a router. It can clone the MAC address of the connected computer then > assign separate addresses to each of the computers. Most routers will also > give you the added benefit of built-in firewall protection. Please tell your ISP how unreasonable and annoying this is. Not all ISPs have this restriction. This should be stamped out. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
