mrs213
join:2002-05-25
Pittsburgh, PA | Comcast cares? Really? See, when I was with Comcast in MD, they simply wouldn't support my network. They knew I had an OpenBSD 3.0 firewall sitting on it, and multiple machines. Never cared. They said I could purchase 'additional IPs' for the other machines if I wanted. I understood this to be additional MAC addresses which were authorized to pull an IP address down.
Did something change? Or was I screwing with the ToS and never realized it? |
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| you cant purchase a MAC addy--its hard coded onto your NIC.
And about the cable companies, etc caring about networks--Cox Cable(here at least) even -sells- home networking kits and will set it all up for you to use with their net service=) |
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mrs213
join:2002-05-25
Pittsburgh, PA | Nono, no. I know you can't buy MAC addresses. You could sign up *additional* MAC addresses (including your primary machine) to be able to DHCP an addy. So you could use a hub vs. a router.
AT&T BIS did the same thing (selling home networking kits). Most DSL companies don't seem to care. Comcast just seem determined to make an ass out of themselves. |
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