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Just give him the MAC address of your router's external NIC. That's the information they really want. -derek "junk" <junkforjerry at hotmail.com> writes: > I have been a customer of AT&T Broadband / MediaOne in Cambridge since 1999. > > I have just moved to a different AT&T Broadband city and had just had a > 'Basic Installation' done - this is where the cable contractor just brings > in the line from the pole, check for a good connection to the modem and then > leave. When I called in for activation, I was asked for the MAC address for > my NIC. When I told them I was using a router - the guy at AT&T said that > then he would need the MAC addresses of the NIC as well as the router. > > My question is this: > > Is the AT&T person simplly just needed to fill out all the blanks on his > form, or is AT&T now doing something with the MAC address of the NIC? I have > been swapping differenet boxes running all sorts of OS's behind the router > without any problem. > > Just curious. > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at blu.org > http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Derek Atkins Computer and Internet Security Consultant derek at ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com
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