--- Donna Hood Pointer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> tell the cable company the Ethernet address (MAC) of > your computer for them > to "see" you. I had to do that to get MediaOne (now > Comcast) to get my > service running. > If you have a router between your PowerBook and the > cable modem then it is a > different problem. You need the MAC address of the > router for the cable > company to see you. Sometimes they have to ping your > modem or refresh it or > something. Sometimes you need to turn the cable > modem off and on or the > router off and on (if you have one) to refresh it. Actually, cable companies generally work thorugh MAC address as opposed to assigned IP addresses as you typically see in DSL situations. Generally, if you report that you have multiple machines to your cable company and ask to register additional MAC addresses, they will do it for you, but they will charge you for it to. My Cable provider (Adelphia) wants an extra $15 per month per computer on top of the $39 a month I'm already paying them to register MAC addresses... Sorry, I'm not paying that. Especially when the service they do provide me is flaky at best and the tech support people I talk to tell me I'm "too technical" for them when I call ;-) I don't think they like me... Anyway... I've been running a proxy server for sometime now and not had any real problems. I find it comforting to know that I don't have to pay my cable company a dime extra for the 6 machines I currently have networked through that Proxy Server. A couple weeks ago I bought a Cable Router becasue my Proxy Server was being overloaded with the proxy software and firewall software and would only respond slowly as a workstation, so I decided to put in the router to take over those functions and give me my workstation back. You don't, necessarily, have to give the Cable Company the MAC address of your router. Most routers these days come with a setup utiity where you can have the router mimic the IP address of the NIC registered with the cable company... Of course, that means you can't use the NIC on your network. (You can't have two identical MAC addresses on the same network.) But for me thats not an issue and I completely prefer that to having to deal with the inept individuals at my cable company. It's so much easier when I can do their jobs for them. Sorry... I'm getting bitter ;-) I love my cable company, can't you tell :-) Cheers, Sionnach __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
