[NTLUG:Discuss] Fedora core 4 can not detect IP

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>From: "David Simmons" <dave at dgnal.net>
>Don't know if someone has shared this already (as I haven't read the whole
>thread) - but many cable providers only want you to use one computer...and
>they 'key' your machine by it's MAC address...so when you plugged in the
>new machine (probably with a different network card) the MAC address was
>different.  You can specify the MAC address of the new card (to be the MAC
>address of the old one) and then try to re-connect.

Are you sure that you can can specify the MAC address of the new card (to be 
the MAC address of the old one)?
>From I want I understand ( I may wrong), the MAC address was assigned on the 
NIC when it it was made.
Any one can clearify?
Thanks.



>
>for more detailed info, check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_address
>
>Hope that helps,
>
>dave
>
>
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