Multiple ethernets on one cable modem

[Anthony J. Gabrielson]

Hello,
	I was looking at the dhcp client config file, and you can specify
there as well.

Anthony

On Wed, 1 Dec 1999 tkeller at helpdesk.mso.stratus.com wrote:

> 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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