On 2002-05-17 16:27, "Sionnach Aisling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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... I assume you mean "mimic the MAC address"... :-P > 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.) Not quite. You can still use that NIC on your internal network (LAN), since the router pretending to have the same MAC address is on a different network (WAN). > 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 :-) I know how you feel, believe me. :-) ,xtG .tsooJ -- Joost van de Griek http://www.jvdg.net/ -- 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
