David Hollis wrote: > On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 12:44 -0500, Wakko Warner wrote: > > This might be a stupid question, but you aren't changing the MAC address of > > the nic at one place and not at the other? > > > Not really changing MAC addresses, though it does bring up a good point: > I've often found that you need to recycle the cable modem on RoadRunner > when you connect a different device otherwise it wont give you an > address via DHCP. Part of their way of making you pay more money so you > can have multiple PCs on the connection I suppose.
Well the reason I mention this is because I wanted to use a USB nic to do my internet connectivity. My ISP's DSLAM doesn't pickup on new MAC addresses for atmost around 20 minutes (something about the arp cache which didn't make any sense). I figure I'd change the MAC address to the one that my current nic used to get around that. I never could figure out why it didn't work. I thought either my DSL modem didn't like it or something. I never thought that by changing it's MAC that the nic itself would stop working. I guess I can't use this thing for bridging either. I did find out as long as the first 24-bits remain the same (vendor's code), it would work. I just noticed the problem you were having and thought about my experience with a USB nic. -- Lab tests show that use of micro$oft causes cancer in lab animals ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
