Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> The cable modem acquires an IP address by dhcp from comcast but also >> internalizes the MAC of the NIC in the PC, so if you change the MAC >> (By inserting a router in between, with a different MAC in this case) >> then the modem continues to try to connect to the MAC it has >> internalized. It must be rebooted to acquire the new MAC (of the >> router in this case). > > He, he, that's what I told ya! Spoof (clone) the IP address on the router > and > you'd be good to go. On the other hand if you power cycle the devices in the > right order as Dale told you, you'll also get to the same point.
Yes you did, and like a bozo I let it fly right over my head. But taken together, all the input on this has cleared a number of things up for me. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list