On  0, eric© <ericlists@gmail.com> wrote:
> I waited about 3 hours, power cycling the modem every 15 mins or
> so...eventually i got pissed, called cox, and all was well in about 5 mins.
> I got the impression that they just manually keyed it in
> 
> eric
> 
> On 4/11/07, der.hans <PLUGd@lufthans.com> wrote:
> >
> >Am 10. Apr, 2007 schwätzte eric(c) so:
> >
> >> The MAC address needs to be added to their allow list.  I went thru the
> >same
> >> thing with mine.
> >
> >Is that something they did by hand or did you just reboot the cable-modem?
> >
> >At my $fiance's house I haven't had to do anything special except reboot
> >the cable-modem whenever I change out what device is connected to it.
> >
> >ciao,
> >
> >der.hans
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I believe there is a mac address associated with the cable modem, and
that is what needs to go on their allowed list.