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d4in · 01-29-2004, 01:56 PM

like I told you on chat....cable company usually records the MAC address on the NIC of the computer logged in and will not release it until the modem is reset, then new computer works fine. I had this problem when I was seting up my home network with cable.

Maybe try connection sharing. I'm not sure how to do it in Linux, but in windows it's pretty easy. Take the desktop machine and install another NIC in it. If desktop is a win machine, enable Internet Connection Sharing on the incoming cable connection. This should set up 2nd NIC with 192.168.0.1 ip scheme and also create a DHCP server on your desktop machine with NAT capabilities. Then plug your laptop into the 2nd NIC via crossover cable or switch . Your laptop will receive an IP of 192.168.0.?, but the DNS numbers will be the same as your cable company and it wil allow you to use both computers on the same cable without having to reset your cable modem every time you want to switch out computers.

Any questions about it, find me in chat or PM me, but I don't usually do weekends.

01-29-2004, 01:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
d4in Computer Nerd Location: Bishop, TX	like I told you on chat....cable company usually records the MAC address on the NIC of the computer logged in and will not release it until the modem is reset, then new computer works fine. I had this problem when I was seting up my home network with cable. Maybe try connection sharing. I'm not sure how to do it in Linux, but in windows it's pretty easy. Take the desktop machine and install another NIC in it. If desktop is a win machine, enable Internet Connection Sharing on the incoming cable connection. This should set up 2nd NIC with 192.168.0.1 ip scheme and also create a DHCP server on your desktop machine with NAT capabilities. Then plug your laptop into the 2nd NIC via crossover cable or switch . Your laptop will receive an IP of 192.168.0.?, but the DNS numbers will be the same as your cable company and it wil allow you to use both computers on the same cable without having to reset your cable modem every time you want to switch out computers. Any questions about it, find me in chat or PM me, but I don't usually do weekends. __________________ I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants. -- A. Whitney Brown Last edited by d4in; 01-29-2004 at 01:58 PM..