[LUGSB] Re: introduction and question

[Vinay Pai]

> On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 12:21 -0400, Lucas Carey wrote:
> >  I get download speeds of ~700KBytes/sec regularly from campus, and upload speeds of ~115KBytes/sec uploading to campus. 
> > If you are going to setup a router, you'll need to have it masquerade with the MAC address from the NIC on one of your computers, as they link the service to a MAC addy, and you have to call them to have it reset. Most routers have this ability. 
> I personally haven't had this problem.  When the guy came to install it,
> I tested it with my laptop and then switched to the router after he left
> w/o any problems.  There is some point that you have to stick in a CD to
> "register", which might be when the MAC association is made.


There isn't to the best of my knowledge.  I registered from my roommates
computer which runs Windows on it, and then connected the cablemodem to
my router (which is an old PC running linux).  The registration links
some kind of cablemodem ID to your account in their database, not a MAC
address.  Of course, this is connecting the modem via ethernet rather
than USB... maybe things are different with USB.

I've had to switch off the cablemodem and switch it back on though
whenever I connected it to a different computer.  Simply pushing the
"standby" button is not enough, I've actually had to disconnect the
power cable.