[H-GEN] Motorola Cable modem

[Sandra Milne]

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Alan Harrison wrote:

> I will also change 1 of the NIC cards, as at the moment I have 2 different
> NIC's that both have RTL chipsets on.
> I doubt that this has anything to do with the problem, but if it helps . . .

Never had a problem with Realtek cards and Optusnet. However, I find 
it's much easier to run a router/firewall box with 2 different chipset 
cards so you can be pretty sure which one is external and which is internal.

> Btw, how does Optus authenticate it's users? 
> Is it by the MAC address of the modem?
> 

Yes it is, so make sure you either got the modem from them or they know 
the MAC address. If you ever need to obtain a different IP from them 
(they give static IP assigned via DHCP) just chuck in a different 
network card.

Sandra.
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