Changing MAC address - Broadcom 4400 NIC card

[James Knott]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 03:35:47PM +0300, William Muriithi wrote:
>   
>> I have a situation where the ISP uses MAC address as part of
>> authentication.  This means that only one PC can ever use this
>> particular modem. So I have two options:
>>
>> 1] Call the ISP and ask them to swap the MAC address.
>>     
>
> How often are you making these changes?  It does seem like the best
> solution, although it is a pretty stupid way for an ISp to operate.
>
>   

While many do that, it may also be possible to use a new MAC by shutting 
down the modem for a few minutes.

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