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To: DannyTN
I won't use comcast for internet because they won't charge me just for the connection. They want to charge me for every computer I have that I connect to my home network.

How do they know?

The only way they can know is by the NIC address of the first network device connected to the cable modem. Routers can be told to clone the address of the computer that used to be connected to the modem.

I suppose I got Earthlink DSL because they don't play that game. Their tech support even helped me set their modem to an undocumented configuration designed to work with a router.

28 posted on 06/11/2003 11:50:21 AM PDT by js1138
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To: js1138
"The only way they can know is by the NIC address ..."

I suspect that you mean MAC address??

30 posted on 06/11/2003 11:54:07 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy
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To: js1138
The only way they can know is by the NIC address of the first network device connected to the cable modem. Routers can be told to clone the address of the computer that used to be connected to the modem.

Actually it's the MAC address of the NIC that is registered.

Go ahead call me a geek.

70 posted on 06/11/2003 3:57:47 PM PDT by TC Rider (The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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