of course if your running *nix then you could always do ifconfig eth* ipaddress netmask addr a.b.c.d -hw < MAC > and spoof the bloody thing how hard is that? .... i ran 4 pc's off of a 1 pc connection back in England by doing this ... Tech support in most ISP's are as about as useful as a blown fuse so id say stick to your gunz and find the solution that suites you .. Nige ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Sollars" To: Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 1:46 PM Subject: Re: DHCPCD Problems with Cox's new network > as far as i was aware Cox was'nt tieing down the MAC address .. > > they were just setting the HOST Name / Identitie ( Win32 ) > and using that. > > If they have changed their policy now then its gunna hit everyone .. knowing > how tieing the MAC causes alot of problems with changing the Nic ... > > Nige > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Craig White" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 10:21 AM > Subject: RE: DHCPCD Problems with Cox's new network > > > > On Tue, 2002-01-29 at 09:40, John Kloian III wrote: > > > I think maybe I can verify that. I did the conversion with my windows > > > box, which in restrospect was a bad idea. since Then i have not been > able > > > to get my firewall to grab an IP. I can put it in statically and pass > > > traffic. When I use pump and watch the logs this is what I see right > > > before a timeout: > > > > > > xid: 0x63aabbdf4a rejected <-> 0x64aabbddcf > > > > > > My suspicion is that this is their dhcp server rejecting my request on > > > what I can only assume is the MAC address of my NIC. although I cannot > > > find any decent documentation. > > > > > > > > ------- > > call their tech support - tell them that you changed computers connected > > to the net so they can reset your connection - have mac address in hand > > when you call if they manuallly set it. > > > > Craig > > > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't > post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >