On Monday 31 December 2001 14:59, Ray wrote: > On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 06:36:17PM -0500, Bob Underwood wrote: > > I had a phone call from my Cable ISP the other day, stating that I should > > reconfigure my computer or risk losing connectivity. The web site they > > pointed me to is a windows site, basic config stuff. Later phone call to > > tech service (level one and level two) confirms they are going to start > > checking the MAC addy of the modem as opposed to my previous @home > > username, etc. Level one actually told me that my choices are to either > > find a new ISP or use windows. > > > > Is there a way to pass the modem MAC address along to the network in the > > ifconfig? If so, how would I do that? > > I take it this is an internal cable modem? Do you have the option to > switch to an external unit that connects to your system via a standard > ethernet card?
It is an external modem. Doesn't the modem pass the mac address along as part of the protocol? Someone suggested this to me in a mail that show up on the list. Bob
