HI, I am a Rogers high-speed user (Toronto) and I am trying to connect my linux box to the internet instead of my windows pc. From some reason , I am not getting an IP address when my LINUX is connected . Someone told me that Rogers is checking the MAC ADDRESS before assigning an IP address. My question is : HOW DO I CLONE / COPY THE MAC ADDRESS FROM MY PC TO MY LINUX so rogers will think it's my other machine . (I know it's easy to do with most of the common used routers , but I have no clue hot to do it with Linux) Thanks. Jerry

I got a similar problem here too, my cable modem won't allow diff computers to access because the MAC address is stored in it. A simple power off/on on the modem itself resets the modem and solves my problem. I've permanently got around this though by buying a router. That Rogers company is being retarded. What happens if a person buys a new PC or upgrades their NIC card, for whatever reason. The user gets shafted when he/she can't figure out the problem. As for actually copying/changing the MAC address, I'm not sure how to do this in linux, or if its possible. I know some windows NIC drivers allow changing the MAC address however.

Hi, I have had the same problem. The Rogers DHCP server doesn't seem to detect it correctly when you issue a "release" command for the NIC. It happened twice to me. I just asked their technician to do a manual reset on their end. They didn't like it, because (as they claim) each time you do a release, you "block one IP address for a whole week". Go and figure out what they mean by that... The rule is that I can do whatever I want and when I want with my hardware... Give them a call if you still have the problem.