Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?
On Tuesday, March 09, 2021 12:12:40 AM Felix Miata wrote:
> David Wright composed on 2021-03-08 22:37 (UTC-0600):
> > I realise that, but if your service were to become unsatisfactory,
> > then before you complained, you'd want to check that it's not your
> > modem at fault. Would you expect your spare modem to work, because it
> > has a different MAC from what's expected by the ISP's end of the line.
> Whenever I get a mind to, I call my ISP, tell them I'm changing modems, and
> what the new MAC is. It gives me some confidence it's still useful. If
> there's a problem they or I think a modem switch might shed light on, I do
> the same.
I have DSL service, and a spare modem that I've occasionally put in service
(for testing the "main" modem) and have not had to notify the ISP. (They were
both provided by the ISP (Earthlink).)
I don't know if cable modems would work the same -- I don't know if the ISP
sees the MAC address on a DSL line.
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