On 08/08/05 23:53 +0000, Dinesh Joshi wrote: > On Sunday 07 August 2005 17:11, Rony Bill wrote: > > > My customer uses cyberoam 24x7 client for login and when I replaced > > his nic, I had to call them up to reset my mac address. Login not > > only checks the physical paramaters like ip and mac but also the > > username and password. Once password is authenticated, your user id > > is checked for account status and after all clear, your gateway route > > is active. > > Yes. But for the linux client i.e. linc-daemon there is no need to > contact the ISP and ask them to reset the MAC. The client sends > whatever MAC you tell it to in the login packet. As for windoze > clients, well newer NICs have an option to specify the network address. > You put in your old NIC's MAC in there and you're set ;)
Hmmm, this was possible for quite a few years. I remember seeing this option in Windows 95. Devdas bhagat -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
