So, I went and got the Linksys modem, took back the old one, got them to provision the new one and all *seemed* fine. I got home, no dhcp lease after trying. It appears they dropped all old provisioned DHCP leases. I called them up and bitched, they got unhappy I wasn't using windows. I called again later, told them I hooked up a brand new w2k machine with a VMWare MAC address (tee hee) and they provisioned it, worked immediately. Note to all: when making modem change, tell them your changing computers too. Give them a new MAC for your machine, change it in your network card EEPROM. -- Scott Dier <dieman at ringworld.org> http://www.ringworld.org/ ...one of the top CBS reporters here in the Twin Cities, came up to me and said, "Governor." Here was her question: "How do you respond to some people who say you're spending too much time on state security and not enough time on Major League Baseball and the Twins?" -Jesse Ventura, Salon interview 12.17.01 on why he thinks media are jackals and his partial justification for ignoring the 'baseball issue'.