on 20/11/02 13:11, (Mac Canada) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > From: James Sedgwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Giving up on OS X > > At 12:22 PM -0500 11/20/02, Mac Duff wrote: >> On 11/20/02 12:11 PM, "Eric D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> For one particular type of modem used by Rogers, you have to turn *on* >>> AppleTalk, restart/shutdown before you can move the cable modem to another >>> computer. What turning on AppleTalk supposedly does is cause the modem to >>> 'release' the computer's MAC address (the _unique_ physical ethernet address >>> of your computer... yes, there is no such thing as "anonymous" surfing) >>> allowing it to establish a link to a new MAC address. > > Does it matter what you have AT set to? Should it be remote only, or > does it matter?
Not sure what you mean about "remote only"? (I haven't used Remote Access on my main computers in 4 years... cable modem & LAN rules :). That TCP/IP Options control panel probably does the exact same thing (IIRC it is also d/lable from Apple). You need to do this to cause the computer to release the modem (i.e. the cable modem "forgets" the computer's MAC address) if you need to switch between computers (otherwise the modem will still be trying to communicate with the "old" computer's MAC address, even while it's hooked up to the new one). >> This is correct. There is actually a control panel, buried deep within the >> OS 8 or OS 9 installer, called "TCP/IP options". This control panel has an >> option to "release DHCP Lease" upon restart. A Rogers techie made me do this >> when I switched from my previous Mac to this one. > > Did you do it on the old computer, or the new one? You do it (with this particular modem... can't remember name anymore... Terryon?) whenever you want to switch you cable connection between computers. But, no, you only have to do it with the "old" computer. PS I *suspect* the AppleTalk trick is distinct from the DHCP lease (not sure since I've only done it once, and it wasn't even my own machine). -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
