Multiple ethernets on one cable modem

[tkeller at helpdesk.mso.stratus.com (tkeller at helpdesk.mso.stratus.com)]

At least for Mediaone this is always the case, they snatch your MAC
address and use it in their DHCP server but you can get around this.  If
you decide you want to change ethernet cards when you get the new card
configured in your machine you can just tamper with the rc.d scripts that
bring up the ethernet card so that issues 
/sbin/ifconfig  eth0 hw ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
where the xx:xx ... is the mac address that you want to transmit with.

note: Thanks to Sheldon Durowin for that tip about the mac address

Tim.

On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Jerry Feldman {75562} wrote:

> Niall Kavanagh wrote:
> > 
> > I stand corrected, MediaOne does indeed require a valid MAC before leasing
> > an IP.
> > 
> > Does anyone know if this was always the case? I seem to remember my MAC
> > being recorded AFTER we had the connection up and running.
> This was always the case. I have had my cable modem for over 3 years. This
> was when Newton first came online, and you could get an installation
> appointment for the next day. The only exception to this might have been in
> Cambridge where Continental and PSI ran their first experimental system. 
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