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In article <Xns928C932E555EEparcxmannetscapenet@13.1.103.31>,
Parcxman  <parcxman@netscape.net> wrote:
>A friend has had ATTBI cable for a few years.  He is replacing his old PII 
>with a new machine.  It is fully loaded, runs XP, and has a NIC.
>
>He wanted to know what ATT software he had to load to make the connection.  
>I told him NONE!
>
>Am I correct in also telling him that all he needs to do to connect to 
>ATTBI is unplug the RJ45 plug from his old machine's NIC and plug it into 
>his new machine's NIC, and reboot?  He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area 
>(San Carlos).  I live in the same area, and I have added hubbed machines 
>(purchased IPs) simply by plugging them in.  I haven't had to call ATTBI.

Yes.  If all goes well, DHCP will assign an internet address to the new
PC and everything will work.

AT&T has been making noises in the press about enforcing their rules
regarding multiple computers on one account.  So, it might be best to
avoid connecting both the old and new PC at the same time.  DHCP will
assign addresses to both of them, but AT&T might ask your friend to pay
more for having two computers connected.  They might also accuse your
friend of theft of service.

Here's a question for the n.g.:  suppose I buy a cheap router that does
NAT and connect it to an AT&T cable internet modem.  Also suppose that
I connect several computers to the router and use NAT.  Do you think
that AT&T will detect the presence of the multiple computers, and accuse
me of theft of service?
-- 
David Arnstein       
arnstein+usenet@pobox.com