[H-GEN] Motorola Cable modem

Alan Harrison agh at alanh.org
Wed Nov 12 06:05:24 EST 2003


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Hi folks,

Thanks very much to everyone for your input. Everything is working now.

Connor,
> Firstly, can you try deleting the PID of the NIC I 
> mentioned earlier? I would be interested to hear of the 
> result. 
Sorry, I re-installed before I read your request.


> Secondly, Optus authenticates based on your Modem's 
> MAC address, but also on the MAC of your external NIC. That 
> is why when you change your MAC address of your NIC with 
> ifconfig or replace your NIC that you must unplug your modem 
> for ten seconds or so in order for your modem to reset and 
> Optus to gather new information.

I suspect that the problem may have been due to me not allowing enough time
for the modem to register the new NIC's MAC address with Optus, as suggested
by Connor.

Maybe I should have just been a bit more patient . . .

Regards,
-Alan.


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