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19-12-2004, 17:59

I think this is getting a little out of hand. The OP is, by his own admission, a heavy user. He has been suffering DDOS attacks, and has asked NTL for advice. They have advised changing IP address by switching off the modem long enough for the IP lease to expire. The OP has realised that a quicker way is to change the MAC address - nothing 'illegal' about this, though it could impact on other users as I pointed out earlier. The poster has then wondered if this could be a loophole in the way CAPs will be implemented. Dezzo pointed out that this was not the case. The poster then made the mistake of asking whether it would be possible to change the MAC address of the modem. Once it was pointed out that this would be a breach of the T&Cs, the poster accepted this. It may well be in the interest of the majority of users (myself included) if heavy users moved elsewhere, but that is a different issue.

[Edit] I see others have posted whilst I was writing this!

19-12-2004, 17:59	#25
JohnHorb Guest Location: Sale, Cheshire Services: 10MB Broadband, DTV, Telephone Posts: n/a	Re: NTL Broadband ZERO CAP Theory! I think this is getting a little out of hand. The OP is, by his own admission, a heavy user. He has been suffering DDOS attacks, and has asked NTL for advice. They have advised changing IP address by switching off the modem long enough for the IP lease to expire. The OP has realised that a quicker way is to change the MAC address - nothing 'illegal' about this, though it could impact on other users as I pointed out earlier. The poster has then wondered if this could be a loophole in the way CAPs will be implemented. Dezzo pointed out that this was not the case. The poster then made the mistake of asking whether it would be possible to change the MAC address of the modem. Once it was pointed out that this would be a breach of the T&Cs, the poster accepted this. It may well be in the interest of the majority of users (myself included) if heavy users moved elsewhere, but that is a different issue. [Edit] I see others have posted whilst I was writing this!