Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
Len Lawrence wrote:
Further to that. The router is now plugged in and running fine.
Apart from service network restart there was very little action
required. The hostname reverted to localhost.domain so /etc/hosts
needed to be modified, and that was that. I am impressed.
I did not bother to clone the MAC address. Using the router MAC
allows for more flexibility on the LAN side without bothering
Telewest.
Thanks again for all the advice.
It is nice that you didn't need to clone the MAC address. But I feel
I should clear something up. Cloning the MAC address has no affect on
the local lan. What it does is change the WAN interface MAC address
to match the computer doing the configuration. (Or the MAC address
you specify on some routers.) What this does is make the router look
like it is the same network card that used to be connected to the
modem before you installed the router.
Conputer NIC
---------------------------------------------------------------- Cable
Modem
00-E0-29-6A-C6-33
00-25-EF-0D-AC-10
Computer NIC ---------------------------- Router
---------------------------- Cable Modem
00-E0-29-6A-C6-33 00-30-BD-C7-48-06 00-E0-29-6A-C6-33
00-25-EF-0D-AC-10
I hope my crude drawing helps...
Mikkel
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Hi Mikkel
Crude but I understand it;)) My drawings are a lot worse;)
cya
Kevin
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