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Glad you found YOUR problem.  Now apologize to Charter.

-- 
Ron Hunter     rphunter@home.com

James Lenaburg & Patrice Stanton wrote:
> 
> My problem turned out to be an NT "Feature".  You can't have NETBEUI enabled on
> more than one adapter.  I did, and the messages in the event log are not
> helpful.  I found an item in their support database.  In case you're interested,
> its Q103470.  If anyone at @home is listening, you might want to put that in
> your "help center" hat.
> 
> Everything is working as before now and I'm back to "happy"!
> 
> Regards,
> James
> 
> "Dr. Spam" wrote:
> 
> > I've connected via DOCSIS cable modem (one GI, one Samsung) using Windows
> > 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 (Server, Advanced and
> > Professional, beta 3 and RC1), Linux (Red Hat, SuSE, Caldera and other
> > 2.2.x-based distributions) and BeOS 4.5. No problems; they just worked, and
> > all on the first try. I can use either DHCP or a static IP. Multiple
> > systems, multiple network cards. I switch PCs using the same IP (different
> > MACs, obviously) all the time, to swap a desktop for a laptop, for instance.
> >
> > Your MAC address doesn't change when you switch operating systems on the
> > same PC. The MAC is burned into the ROM on your network card(s). Another
> > poster accused @Home of filtering out Windows NT MACs. @Home's equipment
> > cannot discern a Windows NT system from a Macintosh, so how (or, more
> > importantly, why?) would @Home single out a Windows NT system's MAC to
> > refuse it service? All @Home sees is TCP/IP packets. They could be generated
> > by a Cray for all @Home cares. Lots of @Home users run Windows NT. NT
> > Workstation 4.0 is bundled with many small-office systems and notebooks.
> >
> > If your cable modem doesn't hold sync, your speed is lousy or your packets
> > aren't routed properly, then you're right to call your provider and demand
> > your service be fixed. If they don't fix it, then you have a legitimate
> > gripe. If you are able to route from one machine but not another, you need
> > to get some knowledge before you proclaim your provider sucks.
> 
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