MediaOne and Linux (yet again)

[Derek Atkins]

Sounds like MediaOne didn't get the MAC address into their systems.
Generally, they'll only allow one MAC address from your system.  If
you change MAC Addresses, you need to power-cycle your cable modem.

-derek

"Peter R. Breton" <prbreton at fandago.read.tasc.com> writes:

> 
> I finally moved my MediaOne connection from my Windows machine to a
> Linux box -- called up MediaOne and gave them the new MAC address, etc.
> 
> The connection worked flawlessly on the Windows machine, but I have yet
> to connect from Linux; dhcpcd reports "No DHCPOFFER Messages" or some
> such.
> 
> I am running RedHat 5.1, kernel 2.0.34 with two 3Com 10/100 3c59x cards.
> 
> Any pointers?
> 
> 				Peter
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