Hi, Oops, it never occurred to me to do it that way around... I just assumed windows would not let you do that. The NICs are 3c509 ISA cards, none of the big PCs have ISA slots. The first time I did this, I just installed win95 on the linux box, registered it, then removed the HDD.
The SECOND time this happened, I just NAT'ed though the Bering box and reg'ed the MAC of the Bering box. (Don't know why this doesn't work this time) OK, that would neatly side-step that problem and allows me to ignore it (I hope). But does anybody know how I can find out why it's not working? Can I turn logging for the DHCP conversation on? Thanks, James. -----Original Message----- From: Simon Bolduc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 August 2004 12:42 To: James Neave Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [leaf-user] DHCP & NTL cable problem. Hey James, Since the registration is based on MAC addresses, you could try popping your external NIC into the win98 box and register that way, assuming that the NIC in question is a physical one and not on board. Also if you have a Windows 2000/NT/XP box you could use a program like this http://www.klcconsulting.net/smac/ to spoof your MAC (setting it to that of the external NIC), register then start using the router again. The same site also has instructions for changing the MAC in Win98/ME - you can find them here http://www.klcconsulting.net/Change_MAC_w98.htm - as I've never tried either of these methods for altering your MAC I can't guarantee that either will work. Hope this helps. Upgrading of course is up to you. Simon On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:25:16 +0100, James Neave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > NTL has recently upgraded my cable box, taking my line from 1Mb/s to > 1.5Mb/s. Very nice of them. > But my fairly long serving Bering 1.2 box has thrown a hissy fit, > because NTL reset the MAC registration which only lets you connect > registered NICs to their network. Now, pump won't get an IP address. > It's MEANT to get a 10.a.b.c address and all HTML requests are > redirected to the registration server. All I get is "Operation Failed" > when you try to restart the networking. > > Can anybody tell he how I can diagnose what's going wrong? > > We've successfully registered a Win98 box on the thing, which works > fine. > It's not cables, all connectivity has been checked. > I've cleared shorewall and prevented my vtun tunnels from trying to > build themselves. > I also read the ifupdown man page on how to spoof a MAC address, but > that implies that you can only use he hwaddress switch with static ip > interfaces, not dynamic. > > Finally, should I just take this as a good opportunity to upgrade to > -uClibc? > > Thanks, > > James. > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media > 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 > Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. > http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
