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Thanks for your quick reply Colin.<br>
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I physically unplugged my Linux gateway from the cable modem, then
plugged my Win2K machine to it using the same cable. Some time after
that I rebooted the cable modem, so it should see the MAC address of
the Win2K machine and have no memory of the Linux machine.<br>
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Incidentally, under "properties" in windows, the MAC address shows as
all zeroes. The NIC is an NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Adapter. It
appears to be a chip on the motherboard, not on a card.<br>
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Colin Stanners wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I plugged my Win2K machine directly to the cable modem and configured it
to connect by DHCP. I could not get an address for it.
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BTW, some newer modems only let you connect one MAC address on residential
accounts. Reboot the modem and try again with only that machine, it should work.
-C
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-Dan
Dr. Dan Martin, MD, CCFP, BSc, BCSc (Hon), MSc
GP Hospital Practitioner
Computer Scientist
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ummar143@shaw.ca">ummar143@shaw.ca</a>
(204) 831-1746
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