Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Interrogate network for devices

2008-02-24 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 12 February 2008, Mick wrote: On Tuesday 12 February 2008, Dale wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It turned out to be a simple matter of cycling the various modem/router PC s in the right order. Once I got the help desk it took about 2 minutes to get things resolved. It was

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Interrogate network for devices

2008-02-12 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 12 February 2008, Dale wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It turned out to be a simple matter of cycling the various modem/router PC s in the right order. Once I got the help desk it took about 2 minutes to get things resolved. It was setup right just needed to recycle the Modem

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Interrogate network for devices

2008-02-11 Thread reader
Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 2008-02-11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've recently switched from DSL to Cable connection but still have both working currently. I've snipped all responses but carefully read through them. I think I

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Interrogate network for devices

2008-02-11 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2008-02-11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As you may have guessed I meant IP address. That is, although the Modem connects to the PC by ethernet wire, it has no inward facing address. This was explained by at least two other posters. (Something I'd failed to realize. I

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Interrogate network for devices

2008-02-11 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2008-02-11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've recently switched from DSL to Cable connection but still have both working currently. I've snipped all responses but carefully read through them. I think I didn't provide enough info at the outset. I

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Interrogate network for devices

2008-02-11 Thread reader
Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The cable modem acquires an IP address by dhcp from comcast but also internalizes the MAC of the NIC in the PC, so if you change the MAC (By inserting a router in between, with a different MAC in this case) then the modem continues to try to connect to the MAC

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Interrogate network for devices

2008-02-11 Thread Mick
On Monday 11 February 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The cable modem acquires an IP address by dhcp from comcast but also internalizes the MAC of the NIC in the PC, so if you change the MAC (By inserting a router in between, with a different MAC in this case) then the modem continues to try

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Interrogate network for devices

2008-02-11 Thread Dale
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It turned out to be a simple matter of cycling the various modem/router PC s in the right order. Once I got the help desk it took about 2 minutes to get things resolved. It was setup right just needed to recycle the Modem with router off. So that is why they

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Interrogate network for devices

2008-02-11 Thread reader
Grant Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: AFAICT, cable modems that act as bridges are becoming more rare (DSL bridges were always more rare than cable bridges for some reason). Comcast has tried to replace my (rented) bridge with a router a couple times, but I always insist that I want it

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Interrogate network for devices

2008-02-11 Thread reader
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've recently switched from DSL to Cable connection but still have both working currently. I've snipped all responses but carefully read through them. I think I didn't provide enough info at the outset. I see now that this cable modem has no ethernet address as

[gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Interrogate network for devices

2008-02-10 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2008-02-10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can connect the cable modem direct to a pc and using the software that comes with it establish a connection to the internet, but I wanted to have that firewall/router in between the cable modem and home pcs. You could install