[RndTbl] network problem

[Dan Martin]

Thanks for your quick reply Colin.

I physically unplugged my Linux gateway from the cable modem, then 
plugged my Win2K machine to it using the same cable.  Some time after 
that I rebooted the cable modem, so it should see the MAC address of the 
Win2K machine and have no memory of the Linux machine.

Incidentally, under "properties" in windows, the MAC address shows as 
all zeroes.  The NIC is an NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking Adapter.  It 
appears to be a chip on the motherboard, not on a card.

Colin Stanners wrote:
>> I plugged my Win2K machine directly to the cable modem and configured it 
>> to connect by DHCP.  I could not get an address for it.  
>>     
>
> BTW, some newer modems only let you connect one MAC address on residential
> accounts. Reboot the modem and try again with only that machine, it should work.
>
> -C
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>
>   


-- 
  -Dan

Dr. Dan Martin, MD, CCFP, BSc, BCSc (Hon), MSc

GP Hospital Practitioner
Computer Scientist
ummar143 at shaw.ca
(204) 831-1746
answering machine always on

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