On 29-Aug-00, Keith Brown wrote:
> At 04:41 PM 8/21/00 +1000, you wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Has anybody in Australia got the Optus Home Cable Modem Service
>> working with Miami?
>>
>> They're talking about "MAC" authentification between my machine and
>> the cable modem - any idea what this is?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Chris.
>>
>>
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> I recently ran one of those internet based firewall testers on both
> my Ami (Ariadne-II) and pee sea. My Ami running MiamiDX did not
> reveal it's MAC address, whereas the pee sea did. If they are
> requiring your MAC, you may have a problem. My DSL does not seem to
> require it. I'm curious because I was thinking of switching to
> cable.
>
> Keith Brown
I'm using Road Runner cable service and it doesn't require a MAC
address. I'm using my Amiga with Miami Deluxe to connect two other
Amigas, two PCs and a Linux box to the internet.
Dan Arico
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