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observation (  neilcpp 08-22-2003 11:43 AM  Cable internet &
Mandrake 9.1 observation :study: I recently had a problem
connecting to the internet via a cable modem & Mandrake 9.1. The
problem was that even though I ran the internet config wizard ,
I kept getting network unreachable messages and simply could not
connect to the internet for over two months.  Why am I telling
you this? well the solution to my problem was simple and
unrelated to the Mandrake configuration programs or my hardware
set-up.!!  If you are going to use your new machine (with a new
network interface card) with Mandrake 9.1, you must first
register the MAC address of the network interface card with your
cable ISP. My ISP allows me to register as many MAC addresses as
i like which enables me to plug the modem directly into a
registered interface without the need for setting up a LAN.
Once i did register my MAC address, I ran the network
configuration program, specifiying the