From: John Cuccia 

On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 11:53:54 -0600, David N. Barnett
 wrote:

>I didn't try bypassing the router and
>connecting straight to the DSL modem.

Can you even do so?  My ISP will only issue an IP address to a single MAC
address, which must be registered with them.  I couldn't bypass my router
without first calling Bellsouth with the MAC address of the new device.

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