[ale] Bye-bye, Telocity/DirectTV

[Stephen VanDyke]

AT&T grabs the MAC address from whatever NIC gets installed first. My
roommate and I tried to get them to change it when we were trying to move
our connection to a linux router. We ended up getting a linksys router that
can fake the mac address to the gateway device and things were solved. I'm
pretty sure Linux can fake it too but we could never get it to work.

-Stephen VanDyke

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jimmie Fulton [mailto:JFulton at ehso.emory.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 4:59 PM
> To: 'ale at ale.org'
> Subject: RE: [ale] Bye-bye, Telocity/DirectTV
>
>
> This is definitely not a real answer to your question, but I though I'd
> throw in a few words.
>
> 1)  I think that what your are doing with the NIC is all that is
> needed.  I
> don't use AT&T but a friend does.  The only issue he had was that the NIC
> used during install was the one he was stuck with for service.
>
> 2)  About your service with your previous provider...  I'm using Speakeasy
> DSL, and I'm very impressed.  Even their tier-1 know their stuff.  The
> company primarily uses Linux/Open Source software to run their whole
> operation.  From their site:
>
> http://www.speakeasy.net/main.php?page=configlinux
> "Speakeasy encourages the use of open source software, everyone here uses
> and relies on it daily!"
>
> I believe they are now currently the largest national DSL ISP.  They are
> also very flexible with network setup.  I have four IP addresses, and they
> have no problem with the fact that I run DNS, mail, and web hosting.
>
> Their site is www.speakeasy.net
>
> Jimmie Fulton
> Systems Administrator
> Environmental Health & Safety Office
> Emory University School Of Medicine
>


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