Need an eth0:1 temporarily, howto?

[Darr]

On Sun 23 May 2010 @ 16:06:31 zulu, Gene Heskett scribed:

> Well, at some point I have to move cables and then
> convince this cable modem its a valid client, probably
> by cloning the right MAC address. 

Often you can just power down the cable modem for
a half hour or so, and when you bring it back up (then
the device on your side of it) the port with the ACL
will accept/store the new MAC address. That depends
on the provider, of course, but most have implemented
a time out so their support techs don't have to manually
edit ACLs every time a customer buys a new computer.