John wrote:
> I suspect the answer is that Verizon recently modified their service so that
> they remember the hardware address (MAC address) of the NIC ethernet card
> and won't assign another PC an IP address. This explains why I only get
> connectivity by taking the NIC card out of a working machine and put in into
> the previously non-working machine. This now makes my hub useless. Can
> anybody confirm this?
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> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> My Win98 (Second Edition) machine has worked with my DSL modem for years,
>> now suddenly it stopped working. I cannot get any Internet connectivity.
>> When I do a winipcfg /renew it says, "DHCP Server unavailable". I've tried
> a
>> half dozen new network cards with the latest drivers, same problem - no
>> Internet connectivity. The new network cards are automatically detected
> and
>> installed and show up in the Device Manager with no conflicts. I've
> swapped
>> out the network cable that connects to the DSL modem - still no Internet
>> connectivity. I even did a brand new fresh Win98SE install - still no
>> Internet connectivity. I hooked up a different Win98SE machine to the DSL
>> modem and winipcfg /renew works fine so there is nothing wrong with the
> DHCP
>> server. So what could be wrong with this stupid machine? Why can't I
> connect
>> to the Internet? I don't know what else to try - any suggestions?
>>
>> P.S. I have no hardware or software firewalls.
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You should be using a router instead of (or in addition to) a hub,
anyway. And most routers are capable of MAC spoofing, making their
use even more foolproof.
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