IamJorge
@knology.net
| Knology, Linksys Router, and DD-WRT
Just thought I'd share my experience to help anyone in the same bind.
To get knology to work, you have to clone your mac address. Search knology's support site for help on this. If you have DD-WRT, however, make sure you set the "clone wireless mac" to the same mac address as the one that pops up when you click "use this pc's mac address". Otherwise only your hardwired connection will work, not your wireless. |
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BiGdUsTy
join:2005-10-20
Panama City Beach, FL | It was my understanding that knology had switched to an open network design like comcast, where only the modem mac was required for service.
They said it would cut down on support calls for mac address changes. |
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Vertickle
join:2003-08-05
Madison, AL
 ·Knology
| reply to IamJorge
I don't know if it's open now, but it is (was) pretty common with any cable ISP to clone the MAC (married to the modem) to the router...
I've been running DD-WRT for a long while now and really like it.  |
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marcusm88
join:2009-06-29
| reply to IamJorge
In Augusta this is not required. I've connected my modem directly to several different computers and all have worked.
Also a fun little fact: Knology's current setup (in Augusta for sure) allows you to get up to 4 public ip addresses. To do this run a ethernet cable from your modem to a switch then connect up to 4 computers (or routers) to the switch. You don't gain any speed by doing this but having more than 1 IP could be useful in certain situations. |
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zpm
join:2009-03-23
Columbus, GA
·Knology
| modem:wrtg54wired+wireless router:1 computer on router, then a branch router to another room where 3 run off the clone router..
modem:
router(IP):
1 pc:
sub-router, no ip(acts as a forwarder):
2 desktops, 1 laptop. |
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goober22
Resident Duh-Huh Member
join:2001-12-28
Panama City, FL
2 edits | reply to BiGdUsTy
Well, I had the opportunity to test the Open Architecture in Panama City today. It failed!
I had originally given Knology my routers MAC when I first signed up back in 2000. I figured it would save time as I updated my PCs over time. I get a new PC, the wife gets the old one. I get a new PC, the wife gets the old one, the son gets her old one. I get a new PC... well, you get the idea!
Well, I had to swap my routers around to fix an unrelated issue this morning. I ended up with a newer router at my modem site and had my original, older one setup as a switch. I got my network up and running but no longer had net access.
I decided to clone the originals MAC in the newer router and, BINGO, net access. Drop the clone and I drop access. Re-clone it and I get access back.
So, it appears we are still in the dark ages in Panama City.
BTW, as a side note, if you remember my "issue" thread:
»Anyone have issues today in Panama City - 9/3/09
after almost 9 years of having the same IP, I got a new one when they fixed that issue. Not that it was a big thing. But today, I pulled another new IP when the newer router got connected.
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