[CLUE-Tech] cable modem question

[Brandon N]

--- Tim Harris <timh at usa.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 10:37, Mike Staver wrote:
> > No, the modem wasn't new - but the motherboard was, 
> 
> Does the mobo have a built in network device or are you using the
> original NIC card? If you replace the network device and the computer
> is
> plugged directly into the cable modem (not using a router) you will
> have
> to register the MAC address of the onboard network adapter. I believe
> there is a way to do it online. There is a web site that you can
> connect
> to (it won't be blocked) and register the new MAC address. Once you
> register the MAC address it may take a couple of hours before you can
> actually surf other sites. I can't remember the name of the site so
> give
> AT&T Broadband Support a call. Another option is to change the MAC
> address of the network device to the original card's. Not all network
> cards will allow you to do this though.

To the best of my knowledge ATT does not hash the MAC addresses, I use
three different computers and interchange them frequently.  I've never
had a problem with doing that.  It's the modems themselves that have to
be registered.

Brandon

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