Along similar lines here is another exception. Users of Rogers High Speed internet service (previously Rogers@home) can experience the delight of a 3-7 day waiting period while their MAC is released from the head end modem if their Nic dies or they change it and are unable to configure the old MAC on another NIC to release the lease. Yay - way to go Rogers.
S >From: Jeff Newmiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Dr. Richard W. Tibbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, LEAF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [leaf-user] Motorola Surfboard 4100 >Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 12:16:04 -0700 (PDT) > >On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > The only "trick" with the cable modems is that > > they "remember" the MAC address of the last nic > > connected to them. If you plug a different nic in, they > > don't connect. UNLESS you unplug the cable modem for a > > few min. so it will forget the MAC address. Then > > everything goes fine. > >In one case I know of (attbi in SF bay area) they will hand out a >temporary non-routeable ip to new NICs (by MAC), and let you interact with >their website to authenticate yourself and thereafter allow that NIC to >get a routeable IP address. > >So there are no hard-and-fast rules or tricks for cable modems... only >likely or potential configuration issues. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... >DCN:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... > Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing >Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with >/Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...2k >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek >Stuff, things, and much much more. >http://thinkgeek.com/sf >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user >SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Stuff, things, and much much more. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
