From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JOhtg-0006iq-8Y for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:17:12 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7E6F3E02C5; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:17:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C5EEE02C5 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:17:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C01C066244 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:17:09 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.606 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.606 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.496, BAYES_05=-1.11] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id s3yu-PCUh4Lh for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:17:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DE8E66256 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:17:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JOhtR-0006f4-5p for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:16:57 +0000 Received: from adsl-76-193-16-114.dsl.chcgil.sbcglobal.net ([76.193.16.114]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:16:57 +0000 Received: from reader by adsl-76-193-16-114.dsl.chcgil.sbcglobal.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:16:57 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: reader@newsguy.com Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Interrogate network for devices Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:16:50 -0600 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87hcgfjd7h.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <87sl01v3hg.fsf@newsguy.com> <87myq7whyj.fsf@newsguy.com> <200802112226.07156.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-76-193-16-114.dsl.chcgil.sbcglobal.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:44yZwYgu8BB7AW0jUccd2lHE4QQ= Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: f0609aa1-b189-4467-9181-f63c55556620 X-Archives-Hash: 40466ab1fd82b830165dd698ba74127f Mick writes: >> The cable modem acquires an IP address by dhcp from comcast but also >> internalizes the MAC of the NIC in the PC, so if you change the MAC >> (By inserting a router in between, with a different MAC in this case) >> then the modem continues to try to connect to the MAC it has >> internalized. It must be rebooted to acquire the new MAC (of the >> router in this case). > > He, he, that's what I told ya! Spoof (clone) the IP address on the router and > you'd be good to go. On the other hand if you power cycle the devices in the > right order as Dale told you, you'll also get to the same point. Yes you did, and like a bozo I let it fly right over my head. But taken together, all the input on this has cleared a number of things up for me. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list