I tried the resetting for 24 hours (unplugging it from power), tried to have my isp give me different modem configuration files, no go, my modem just liked my mac, after following the instructions given I was able to acquire a new ip address, so far, no harm done.
Cheers! On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 21:14:23 +0900, Luke Kearney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On æ, 2004-11-07 at 06:58, eddie dandrades wrote: > > > > Hello guys, > > > > I've set out to spoof my gateway's mac address so that I can get a > > new ip address from my cable ISP without having to unplug my modem for > > 24 hours as they suggested (and is understandable, thats how long > > their DHCP lease last). I've tried several things, one of which is > > following the instructions here > > http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200406/netgraph.html - I also tried doing: > > ifconfig xl0 hw ether 00:00:00:00:00 to no avail. > > > > I'm just wondering if anyone on this list knows of a way to do it > > successfully or can provide me with a link to some useful > > documentation. > > > > > > Thanks guys! > > > > > > gabriel > > Just a thought but many around me have broadband modems from their ISP's > and they faced the same problem you describe and their ISP told them to > disconnect for 2 to 3 hrs but that is hardly workable. The solution was > to reboot the modem. The modem cached the MAC address on the client side > not the ISP's DHCP server. Would that work better in your situation > rather than trying to spoof MAC addresses ? > > HTH > > LukeK > > -- gabriel, Member of: FreeBSD-Announce FreeBSD-Hardware FreeBSD-Multimedia FreeBSD-questions _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
