I use a t and t broadband . They require a different mac address if you are going to use something else as the main jack for the cable modem. Peter Konka At 09:58 PM 10/12/02 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Peter. I live near Boston. Who is your cable provider? Is it at&t? If >so they require Mac addr's. Or is it Rcn? > >Microsoft dialogue >This company has performed an illegal operation and will be shutdown. If >this problem persists, delete Winblows and install Linux. Close button > >On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, Peter Konka wrote: > > > If you plug your computer directly into the cable modem, it might not work > > because your broadband company might need the mac address of the computers > > network card. It might not need that but here in Boston, my cable company > > would need the mac address of any port that the cable modem is connected > > directly to in order to get access to the web. > > > > Peter Konka. > > > > At 07:22 PM 10/10/02 -0500, you wrote: > > >Have you tried a direct connection to your cable modem yet? If that > > >didn't work, are you sure DHCP is installed? Try this as root. "dhcpcd > > >eth0." What happens? Any errors? I am almost sure that either your > > >router isn't cooperating with this computer for whatever reason, or you > > >are missing something like dhcpcd. How did you install Slackware? Did > > >you use the full install or a prompted install? > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Speakup mailing list > > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
