On Fri, Jul 05, 2002 at 03:19:30PM +0800, Holden Hao wrote: > > question: are cable providers have the setup of secure DHCP ----- > > using the MAC address identity of the CABLE modem interface > > so that those registered clients (people who pays) are the only one to have > > IP address > > Rick Moen pointed it out before that ifconfig can assign a different mac address >(other than the embbed one) for ethernet cards. Would this be true also for cable >modems?
No, although there might be some hackery possible in other ways with cable modems. It depends on what kind you have, but search google for "cable modem snmp tftp" and you might be off to a good start. Michael -- Michael Darrin Chaney [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
