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Post #48,087
by Andrew Grygus
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8/4/02 11:21:31 PM
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New Easy
Not all cable companies key to the MAC address. If your's doesn't then there isn't even a reason for you to know about MAC spoofing except as an item of arcane but useless knowledge. Around here they do, so nobody's going to connect anything through the cable modem except the original NIC unless it spoofs that NIC's MAC. I've seen people try.
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Post #48,110
by ben_tilly
8/5/02 8:09:32 AM
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New power-cycling the modem is worth trying though
If you don't know whether or not it will work, it is worth a shot.

For the record here (roadrunner, NYC) it does.

Cheers,
Ben
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     Hooking up a laptop to a cable modem - (bluke) - (21) - Aug. 4, 2002, 09:32:31 AM EDT
         Re: Hooking up a laptop to a cable modem - (pwhysall) - (2) - Aug. 4, 2002, 10:38:03 AM EDT
             Re: Hooking up a laptop to a cable modem - (bluke) - (1) - Aug. 5, 2002, 02:57:37 AM EDT
                 MAC addresses - (pwhysall) - Aug. 5, 2002, 07:22:55 AM EDT
         Cable tricks - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2002, 10:57:46 AM EDT
             Yep, with Linksys router, on Road Runner cable modem - (a6l6e6x) - Aug. 4, 2002, 06:14:40 PM EDT
         Power Cycling the Cable Modem... - (folkert) - (13) - Aug. 4, 2002, 07:26:03 PM EDT
             No, it is the network card - and . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (12) - Aug. 4, 2002, 08:32:55 PM EDT
                 From a know-nothing... - (folkert) - (2) - Aug. 4, 2002, 10:08:02 PM EDT
                     Easy - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2002, 11:21:31 PM EDT
                         power-cycling the modem is worth trying though - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 5, 2002, 08:09:32 AM EDT
                 Bad tech support. BAD! BAD! - (ben_tilly) - (8) - Aug. 5, 2002, 08:12:21 AM EDT
                     No, what I assume is . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (7) - Aug. 5, 2002, 10:14:39 AM EDT
                         Well... I'll give you that.... - (folkert) - Aug. 5, 2002, 05:50:00 PM EDT
                         Another bad assumption - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Aug. 5, 2002, 07:17:21 PM EDT
                             I told a tech off for suggesting that. - (static) - (4) - Aug. 6, 2002, 01:47:55 AM EDT
                                 This isn't a case of Windows mentality - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Aug. 6, 2002, 07:19:50 AM EDT
                                     Not only that... - (admin) - Aug. 6, 2002, 10:20:38 AM EDT
                                     Also, a power glitch can put the cable modem into limbo. - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - Aug. 6, 2002, 02:42:27 PM EDT
                                         Happens to hubs too. - (Andrew Grygus) - Aug. 6, 2002, 03:01:00 PM EDT
         Just received an answer from RR tech support - (bluke) - (1) - Aug. 6, 2002, 03:19:50 AM EDT
             Nope... Not going there except to.... - (folkert) - Aug. 7, 2002, 08:33:10 PM EDT

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