Try taking note of the IP address you are given - and choose one above or
below it. It will probably work fine.
Ian.
On Mon, Dec 25, 2000 at 11:40:09AM -0800, Fred Salzer wrote:
> I have purchased 2 cable accesses (my provider wants me to pay for one
> access per machine) and have been given a required machine name for each
> access. I currently use only one access and am behind a D-Link 701
> residential gateway (NAT). If I don't enter one of the two assigned machine
> names in the gateway, I can't get an Internet connection. When I change the
> machine name in the gateway, I get an IP via DHCP that corresponds to the
> specific machine name. I think the Mark has a similar situation with his
> cable provider.
>
> Fred
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2000 09:33
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> Subject: Re: [Freenet-chat] Attack on Freenet -- Already!
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 09:33:53PM -0800, Fred Salzer wrote:
> > Ian, I'm not sure I understand what you mean; are you differentiating
> > between a user and a machine? I'm running a node on cable with a static
> IP,
> > that is, I get the same IP every time via DHCP.
>
> Well, it depends on how your machine is configured, it will probably
> only request a new IP address if it finds that the one it used
> previously is occupied when it boots. Try selecting another IP address
> manually above or below the one you have now, you will probably find
> that it works.
>
> Cable Internet connections are actually rather effective at providing
> anonymity provided that you are careful and never provide a way to tie
> yourself to your connection (or if you do, you must subsequently change
> your IP address).
>
> Ian.
>
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