On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Richard Adams wrote:
>
> > The MAC address is the ethernet cards personal address, and is in the
> > form of, HWaddr 00:50:04:A6:FA:C1 which you can see with
> > 'ifconfig' that is coded into the modem so the cable company knows
> > its me connecting, which also means if i were to use another computer
> > with another ethernet card i would need to get the company to change
> > the mac address in the modem before i could connect.
> >
> Hmm...seems to me you COULD use another machine, but you'd
> have to route it through the main machine first. Are you
> using twisted-pair or 50-ohm cable and BNC? If fhe former,
> you MAY have to have two ethernet cards in the "host
> computer" and route all traffic through that one machine.
> If you're using 50 ohm coaxial cable, it may just be a
> matter of "daisy-chaining" everything so that the last
> machine on the cable before the cable modem is the "host
> machine." :-) Then again, never having USED a cable modem,
> I couldn't say if that would work or not... :-)
> John
The point i was making was that the mac adrress is in the modem,
for securiey, yes i have 2 ethernet cards and yes you can dasiy
chain them to have both networks go out via the cable modem.
ip-chains etc.
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Regards Richard
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