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Date:      Mon, 8 Jul 2002 09:13:02 -0600
From:      "Grant Cooper" <grant.cooper@nucleus.com>
To:        "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Changing MAC Address
Message-ID:  <001b01c22691$fd810640$d74afea9@ab.hsia.telus.net>
References:  <F223YBr4BvRnfvcySa40000bf7a@hotmail.com> <20020708234632.C2E2DBB2C@i8k.babbleon.org>

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I think I know what you are talking about. Register the MAC of your FreeBSD
box and since you have a firewall you just need another card for your
internal network. You can have as many connections as your hub allows you to
have. Look up Gateways and freeBSD.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>
To: "Brett Cates" <bcates513@hotmail.com>; <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: Changing MAC Address


>
> On Monday 08 July 2002 11:57 am, Brett Cates wrote:
> | Hi,
> |
> |   Basically, I am trying to setup a firewall on my cable modem, but the
> | cable company has made it to where the DHCP server will only serve
requests
> | from a specific MAC address.  The cable company's tech support is kinda
> | being jerks about setting up a firewall,
>
> So don't *tell* them that you want to set up multiple machines.
>
> Just tell them that you are worried about security.  Or that you got a new
> machine.
>
> Surely they don't refuse to provide service every time somebody replaces
> their NIC?
>
> Did these guys take lessons from Microsoft or something?
>
> Also, you might want to see whether your phone company has ASDL if the
cable
> company is so arrogant.
>
> (Around here, it's the other way 'round.  Too bad you don't have TWC.)
>
>
> | because I guess they want more
> | money for multiple PC's using the Internet. =P  I can't switch NIC's
> | because they are different bus types (The NIC is PCI but my router is a
486
> | w/ ISA only).  Is there a way that FreeBSD can send the DHCP server
another
> | MAC address instead of the one on the card?  I have seen a few posts
around
> | that say Linux and FreeBSD can do it, but they don't really say how.
Any
> | help will be most appreciated!
> |
> | Thanks,
> | Brett
> |
> |
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