On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 02:40:20 +0100
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Mate
>
> I'm with blueyonder, register your wireless router on blueyonder, before you use it.
> I guess you have Modem ---> router ----> lan setup or something like that. Me
> Cable Modem --> router --> lan
> |
> |
> wireless accesspoint.
>
> Works a treat for me. If your router is allocating ip address via dhcp you should
> be alright. Can you tell me what the name of the router you are using. Failing
> that get me on gaim doggieukD. I'll try and talk you throuh the process. I'm
> working nights and come off my shift Friday morning before I can help you out.
Thanks for the response Kevin. I don't have a clue how to register the router
with BlueYonder - that is why I hoped it would be automatic. From what Mikkel
and the user manual says cloning the MAC address would get past that hurdle.
My setup would be:
desktop ---> router ---> cablemodem
|
| wireless
|
laptop
Don't know about gaim - have never talked online. That's a whole new kettle
of fish.
When I first connected to broadband using DHCP, BlueYonder would change my
hostname every few days, which meant my having to edit the /etc/hosts file
by hand (names like dhcp285), but some time ago this changed and the hostname
has remained fixed at x1-6-00-05-5d-47-9a-4a ever since. This is the
ifcfg-eth0 file:
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
ONBOOT=yes
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no
NEEDHOSTNAME=yes
and /etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 localhost x1-6-00-05-5d-47-9a-4a
The router I shall be using is the Belkin Wireless Cable/DSL Gateway Router
with 802.11b Wi-Fi access.
--
Len Lawrence
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