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Mauldor · 21-08-2004, 23:48

Well I ran Tech Support, told them of the said fault, check my connection (all about 8pm) and crap as ever. Later on (about 10pm i think) i chnaged MAC address of Router again, tested connection and bugger me, worked 100% fine - now im guessing that indeed a tweak someone has been done though it got me thinking, what happens if my Mac address is the same (possible i guess) as someone else on the CM network? would it fail to get a IP or cause problems?

Here is hoping something has been done and is all well again but i also hope that MonkeyBreath etc maybe look into this problem on Monday even if sorted and find out what was wrong so we can Self Help next time for a quicker resolution to the problem. If its a piece of NTL equipment then fair do's not much we can do about this but if its another reason then we need to know....

21-08-2004, 23:48	#161
Mauldor Inactive Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Scunthorpe Age: 59 Services: 50mbit, Base TV, Base Phone Posts: 437	Re: Internet Keeps going offline for a few mins - NB, Problem has returned Well I ran Tech Support, told them of the said fault, check my connection (all about 8pm) and crap as ever. Later on (about 10pm i think) i chnaged MAC address of Router again, tested connection and bugger me, worked 100% fine - now im guessing that indeed a tweak someone has been done though it got me thinking, what happens if my Mac address is the same (possible i guess) as someone else on the CM network? would it fail to get a IP or cause problems? Here is hoping something has been done and is all well again but i also hope that MonkeyBreath etc maybe look into this problem on Monday even if sorted and find out what was wrong so we can Self Help next time for a quicker resolution to the problem. If its a piece of NTL equipment then fair do's not much we can do about this but if its another reason then we need to know....