I use them and sometimes get problems related to mac addresses. I'm in Ma. Strange maybe different states have diferent policies? However that would be highly impractical. 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 Sun, 13 Oct 2002, William Hubbs wrote: > I use AT&T Broadband here in TX, and they don't seem to care about mac > addresses either. > > William > > On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 08:39:24AM -0400, Alex Snow wrote: > > My cable companie's well not that organized. They don't give a damn about > > mac addresses or anything. That'd be too much work on their part. > > Explorer has caused a general protection fault in module kernel32.dll. I'm > > sick of Winblows! > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Peter Konka" <peter at cwareonline.com> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 8:55 PM > > Subject: Re: more network problems > > > > > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
