On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 18:52 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > <snip> > One thing to keep in mind - a lot of these modem/routers remember > the MAC address of the first device to connect to them, so you may > have to power it down, wait 60 seconds, and power it back up. Then > try connecting with the Linux box. (Or tell the Linux box to fake > the specific MAC address the modem expects.) > Mikkel > -- > > Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, > for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! > Thanks Mikkel This router has been swapped from a windo$e laptop via USB to the Linux box via ethernet. Also the ethernet cable was swapped between ports to verify from the logs which card was which. I'm sure it was powered down, at least before the last attempt last night. It'll be a couple of hours before I can check. Regards Simon PS Love the diet tips for dragons!