[geeks] Anyone try/look into DirectvDSL service?

[Edward Chase]

You could always call them up and tell them your original NIC died and that 
your new one has MAC blah-blah-blah...

I also kind of remember being able to change the MAC address of my Linksys 
router...



At 10:22 AM 10/16/2001 -0400, Big Endian wrote:
> From their end, its just another machine doing a DHCP request.
>
>What roadrunner does is log your mac address when you sign up.  When ever 
>you add additional machines that need a public IP they record it and set 
>their DHCP server to only serve known mac addresses.  They may also have 
>mac locked switches.  You're computer won't work without NAT or an 
>additional IP payed for.  For some reason colleges do this in dorms too.
>
>daniel

>>On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 08:05:57AM -0400, Ken Hansen wrote:
>>>  Oh, quite nice - I was concerned they would charge a fee to allow me 
>>> to use
>>>  my Linksys Cabe/DSL router/switch...
>>
>>and how the heck are they going to *know* that this is what you're doing?
>
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