I may just replace my current router if it turns out to be broken.
Reading the manual on my Motorola Surfboard 5100 it shows a connection
example of connecting to multiple PC's with a hub or switch. So
apparently the modem is a DHCP server (if that's the right way to say
it). Does anybody on the list use a 4 or 5 port switch instead of a
router? Personally, I'd rather save a few bucks and just get a
10/100/1000 switch instead of a 10/100 router.
John R Steinbruner wrote:
Not sure about there, but here, they keep track of the mac address.
When I changed from an old 10 base T router to a brand new G Wireless
router at a rental place once, I had to change the Mac address of the
new router to match that of the old one before anything would work..
On Jan 24, 2009, at 6:50 PM, Stan Zaske wrote:
Have any of you ever run into a situation where your router's WAN
port seems to stop working but your ethernet connections among 4 PC's
are fine? Then after some more investigation it seems that your cable
modem will only connect one PC to the web and none of the others? The
only thing I can figure is that my router is fine but Comcast has
locked (possibly) my service to the MAC address of this one box and
will only connect to it but none of the others. Is my thinking
straight on this or can any of you come up with an alternate
scenario? It seems might strange to me that I can take the ethernet
cable from my Mororola cable modem and switch it from one box to
another and only the one will connect. What the heck is going on?
