riptide5
join:2006-04-01
Kennesaw, GA
| trying to replace DSL w/Cable modem
I had a setup where my router was talking to DSL modem from BellSouth - was working fine and it passed connection up to wireless....all was sweet. BellSouth(now ATT) got stupid and shut off my DSL when I pushed the land line phone number to a cell phone. I set this all up myself and it was easy enough.Now I am on Comcast with a Cisco 2100 single port cable modem. I figured no sweat, plug and play. The downstairs router will pick up the ip address being offered (the laptop did when the Comcast guy was here). The laptop continues to work fine, but neither of my routers will talk to it. I even reset one to factory default (I can always reload DDWRT on it).So what am I doing wrong (the wife is giving me the I told you so routine)??? |
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Bink
join:2006-05-14
Denver, CO | Cable Internet loves MAC address restrictions—they tend to only allow connectivity from the first MAC they see. As such, you might want to try changing the MAC on your WAN interface to match that of your laptop and try again. |
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riptide5
join:2006-04-01
Kennesaw, GA | right in one, Bink! Thank you....distributed computing sweetness, and no more "I told you so" looks from the wife! |
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