[Gllug] blueyonder / SuSE / DHCP problem

[Chris Hunter]

Croker, Grant wrote:

> They probably tie the cable modem to the MAC address of the first device
> that connects, in this case the windows PC. At least that is what NTL
> does/used to do.  I seem to remember hearing that Telewest allowed you
> to setup 5 MAC addresses that could connect the modem too. The
> alternative would be to have the router spoof the outbound MAC address
> so the cable modem still thinks it's talking to the windows card.

You're exactly right - MAC addresses have to be "registered" with 
Blueyonder.  Most routers I've come across allow you to change MAC 
address shown to the outside world, so copying the address from the NIC 
  in the machine that was previously connected solves this one.

> see http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d.h.walker/cmtips/swap.html#swap
> for some hints and tips.

Useful stuff.

Chris

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