Eugene Smiley on Thu, 18 Sep 2003 14:30:45 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] cable modem and MAC


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Paul wrote:
> I just took Comcast's $20 per month for six months deal.  I bought
> the Motorola modem (after spying the Lynksys modem).  Question is,
> as far as Comcast grabbing my MAC address, is it critical to make
> my initial connection with a router, or would it be OK to route
> through my GNU/Linux PC until I switch to a router?

It shouldn't matter if the router you purchase allows you to do MAC
Address Cloning. I think most consumer routers allow this, but I may
be wrong.


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