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Originally Posted by zedsbb
I've heard that some ISP's record your NIC MAC address and if you change NIC then internet no longer works. This may be happening with you. I'm not sure if VerminMedia do this or not. Just alter the PC NIC MAC to be the same as your router MAC.
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the modem will only give a connection to 4 unique MAC addresses per 24 hrs.
you can swap & change between those 4 as much as you like, but you cannot add a 5th (within 24 hrs).
If you cannot get a connection when connected direct (after rebooting the modem, waiting for the Sync & Rdy lights to lock solid BEFORE booting the PC), then you probably have a generic mac address on your nic, using the drivers within windows have been seen to cause this issue.
You could try using a MAC address changer or installing the specific drivers for your Nic.