Re: Insight Broadband

[Todd Davis <tdavis@msfw.com>]

In that case you just need to set the MAC address on the external
interface to that of the win machine using ipconfig (or have them reset
your registration once you put the P2 in place).

On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 23:11, Chad Fendt wrote:
> --- Todd Davis <tdavis@msfw.com> wrote:
> > Of course, if you have already set up your account
> > with the windows
> > machine the easiest thing to do is just "clone" the
> > MAC address of the
> > Windows box.  
> > 
> > Most of the home "internet router" devices have the
> > ability to clone the
> > MAC.  Once you've put the device between your
> > windows machine and the
> > cable modem, pull up the web interface of the
> > gateway (from the windows
> > machine) and locate the option to clone the MAC
> > address.  Some devices
> > like the D-Link ones just have a clone button that
> > will assign the MAC
> > of the machine your using to browse.  Others, like
> > Linksys models will
> > have you key in the MAC address for the gateway to
> > use.
> > 
> > Once you have assigned the new MAC to the gateway it
> > is just a matter of
> > telling the gateway to retrieve a new IP address
> > (usually another
> > button).
> 
> I may end up just buying a commercial router, but I'm
> planning on using an old P2 I have and smoothwall
> linux as a router/firewall and just buying a switch.  
> The commercial router would probably be easier and
> cheaper, since I have to buy another NIC, but this
> seems like more fun.  
> -Chad
> 
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Todd Davis (tdavis@msfw.com)
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