How about a different question?
Say you have no network card in an original install of Win98,
and then add one for Cable ISP access.
You find it is defective after some period of use. (20 days.)
You put in a different card from a different manufacturer, with
the new drivers. Would you still have the "problem" stated below?
If so, for a single "standalone" computer in a home on a Cable ISP
would it matter?  Thanks,  Rick Glazier
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Roberto Safora wrote:
> > In my LAN when I try to install an e-mail client in one of the Pcs
> > a message appears warning there is a conflict with the mac address
> > of other pc.
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Dave Gillett wrote:
>   There are a couple of ways that this could happen.  Although the
> number encoded into the card is unique, it can be overridden in
> software.  Win9x, for instance, records the MAC address during the
> Windows install, and keeps this address even if the hardware changes.
>   So if you pass around a network card amongst different machines,
> you could easily get an error message like this.

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