Chris Glover wrote:
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If you get something like the Netgear WGT624, you can make it spoof it's MAC address. Connect Netgear to cable modem, then PC's to the 4 internal ports, and via it's web interface you can make it spoof it's MAC address. I set up something similar for my Uncle (who's on Blueyonder), with the non wireless version of that router.
Been doing this for years. Set up the NTL cable modem with ethernet *NOT* USB, then hang a router off of that instead of a PC. I've used several, most recently a Linksys WAG54G for wireless, and a Linksys BEFSX41 for wired, but there's no reason any other (firewalling!) router wouldn't work.
NTL's network will never know or care what's inside that router. I've had all sorts of Linux firewalling/VPN kit with spoofed MAC addresses running. Our main line in here is a 2mb dedicated line, and the NTL cable (700mb) is used and has been running virtually flawlessly for at least 5 years with frequent kit swaps inside it...
Cheers, Laurie.