Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. wrote: > On Sat, 06 Jun 2009, Rony wrote: > > >> Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 06 Jun 2009, Rony wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>> >>> <snip> >>> >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> While you are at it, could you tell us what happened to your earlier >>>> query of Reliance working only on one machine not both? After people >>>> take interest to solve a problem, if there is no final result, it gets >>>> confusing. In case I have missed something, my apologies in advance. :-) >>>> > > I never had that problem :). This one. Sorry I mentioned Reliance, I was referring to Hathway.
"I am using Hathway cable internet where they bind your ip settings to your pc. If I unplug the lan cable from the pc and plug it into my laptop, I cannot browse. They are using some sort of dhcp with a static ip (I know that sounds funny - but that's what they say). " > Anyway I checked it out with three different > machines. Works if you have the relevant lines in wvdial.conf. > Why wvdial for the above connection? It is a simple DHCP LAN. > I had asked the sales guy whether they did any mac address binding but I > don't think the guy knew what I was talking about. :( > > Hathway asks for your mac ID when doing any installation or resetting it for a different device or recovering from a messup. -- Regards, Rony. GNU/Linux ! No Viruses No Spyware Only Freedom. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

