But, if you're proxying, there is no way that the
provider can be aware that you have any more machines
than your one forward facing machine. You can add
security by adding a second NIC and creating an
internal "subnet" Isolate the two NICs and the carrier
is none the wiser.
Ed
web/gadget guru
http://newton.tek-ed.com (download Newton packages)
http://npds.tek-ed.com (my NPDS server and it's new
subdomain)
--- Peter Cameron <pdwc_at_sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> Ed Kummel <tech_ed_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I read this and all I could do is wonder...
> > There is no reason (and no way) that the DSL
> provider
> > would need your MAC address of your Newton's
> network
> > card.
> I haven't heard of any DSL providers in my area
> doing this, but a major cable provider has. A lot of
> owners of multiple Macs one day found only one of
> the computers would connect. All the others were
> denied access because the connection software
> somehow polled the ethernet address.
> As a consequence they've lost a lot of Mac
> clients and the Mac stores I've talked to are now
> steering people to DSL instead.
> Of course those with routers are cloning the
> accepted address.
=====
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