From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Aug 3 8:34:36 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A660C37B400 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 08:34:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc24.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.49]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D210043E5E for ; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 08:34:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from sec.local ([12.88.90.120]) by mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with ESMTP id <20020803153431.PVJL8052.mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net@sec.local> for ; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 15:34:31 +0000 Received: from prime (prime.local [192.168.1.3]) by sec.local (8.12.5/8.12.5) with SMTP id g73FWfSY000610 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 2002 11:32:42 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Message-ID: <004601c23b03$1effdaa0$0301a8c0@prime> From: "Charles Swiger" To: References: <3D4BADAC.481BB6E3@mindspring.com> Subject: Re: dhcp problems with my ISP Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2002 11:33:25 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG From: "Terry Lambert" : >> I would be very interested to know as I would like a UNIX machine that can >> maintain and IP address. > > Use the same exact NIC. > > Often, once the cable company sees a MAC address, it filters all > other MAC addresses from getting a lease from your wire. [ ... ] What you say is absolutely true, but you can use the same MAC address without using the same NIC. Something like a Linksys Etherfast DSL router will proxy MAC addresses for you, if you want an appliance which also works as a $20 per port 10/100 switch. Although there's nothing wrong with running a FreeBSD box as your Internet gateway, firewall, and NAT box instead. Can you get 4-port 21x4x cards for less than $80 these days? -Chuck To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message