Re: on the verge of shopping for new desktop hardware, recommendations?

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> 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.

You should be able to change the MAC used by your device, i.e. you
should be able to arrange for both devices to expose the same MAC so
your ISP won't notice the difference.


        Stefan