My SMC Router will actually mimic/clone the MAC address of the NIC the cable company has on file. Way Cool!
-----Original Message----- From: Charles Whitby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 10:23 AM To: MSWinNT Discussions Subject: RE: WIN2K question - Correction If you go this route and install one of these (very easy) the biggest hassle you should run into is calling the cable company and getting them to change the MAC address they have on record to that of the router. (On a Linksys you can get to this by opening a browser and going to address 192.168.1.1). This is usually a quick thing to do. Some models have a 4 port 10/100 switch built in, so you can eliminate on ething to have to plus in. Hope this helped. -----Original Message----- From: Josefowski, Larry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 10:20 AM To: MSWinNT Discussions Subject: RE: WIN2K question - Correction Actually you gave me the information I was about to ask for. I suspect he needs the router. I have never worked with these puppies before, but thought they might do something to prevent exactly what he is trying to do... -----Original Message----- From: Charles Whitby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 10:12 AM To: MSWinNT Discussions Subject: RE: WIN2K question - Correction I assumed (with all the perils thereof) that you were using something like a cable modem/dsl router in between your computer(s) and the cable modem. If you are not, then you are stuck with 1 IP address. The cable company probably hands out addresses based on the MAC address of the network card in the PC. If this is the case, the easiest solution is to go to Office Depot/Offcie Max/Staples/<your favorite computer store here> and get a Linksys or Netgear cable moedem/dsl modem router. This will give the cable compnay the one mac address they want, will support a couple of dozen machines hitting the net through this connection, and provide some firewall protection. Sorry if I caused any confusion or consternation.. -----Original Message----- From: Charles Whitby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 10:04 AM To: MSWinNT Discussions Subject: RE: WIN2K question Couple of easy things to check, and you may have already done so. 1. Are you using the cable that came with the cable modem to hook the cable modem to the switch? Unless it's going into a uplink-type port you need a regular patch cable. But since the W98 box works this probably isn't the case. 2. Are you absolutely sure that tcp/ip on the W2k box is set to receive an ip address automatically? AFAIK, W2K doesn't automatically generate an IP if it sees DHCP available. You could also give it a static IP in the same subnet (192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 I believe)and see it sees the W98 box, the router, and the net. What you are trying to do should work fine. -----Original Message----- From: Josefowski, Larry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 9:54 AM To: MSWinNT Discussions Subject: RE: WIN2K question It is a Linksys 4 port 10/100 switch hooked up to the cable modem. I'm going to take over a laptop to see if I can get on the 'net with it. This should be a simple thing, but is either being blocked somehow at the cable modem, or a weird hardware problem. -----Original Message----- From: Charles Whitby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 9:49 AM To: MSWinNT Discussions Subject: RE: WIN2K question What kind of cable modem/switch arrangement? I've done this on several occasions with a Linksys cable modem/dsl router with the built in 10/100 switch. With no problem. -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 9:45 AM To: MSWinNT Discussions Subject: RE: WIN2K question The cable modem only supports 1 IP, or MAC address. To connect from the cable modem to the switch you need a cross over cable or port. Those would be Guesses number 1 and 2. --Kevinm M, WLKMMAS, UCC+WCA, And Beyond He's a Dentist, a Detective, a MindReader, No He is in IT..... -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Josefowski, Larry Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 6:43 AM To: MSWinNT Discussions Subject: WIN2K question First time I have asked for help here... A friend has a cable modem hookup. He has the connection going to a switch, with a connection to a Win98 computer, and a Win2K computer. The Win98 has no problem getting on, and is set for DHCP to pick up an IP address. I cannot get the Win2K to pick up an IP address. I have swapped cables, ports on the switch, tied directly into the cable modem, but cannot get DHCP to pick up an IP (other then the private one it automatically generates). However, the computers can see each other with NetBeui. 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