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Old 12-01-2004, 12:30   #18
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Re: Help with Wireless Connection needed
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Originally Posted by Debsy42
Thank you and welcome to the site

Still not sorted it btw

Ok - quick summary and simple solution for you..

get a wireless router (see cyril666's post for a cheap one) and a PCMCIA card for the laptop.

when the router arrives - switch off the CM and plug it into the (switched off) router (if you have STB just substitue STB for CM )

switch on the router and plug your PC into the wired connection, then connect to it via a browser (the address will be somethinh like 192.168.1.1 - but it should be in the manual) - there will be a bit in the menu on cloning the MAC address - what you need to do is tell the router to pretend it has the MAC address of your laptop...

once that is done - power off the router, then power up the CM - once the CM has connected - power up the router....

you should now have a connection via the router, if you set your pc and laptop up to use dhcp, when you power them on, the router will set the IP address and routing correctly. At this point, all being well, you have a working and flexible network...

(as a point of note - you may not have to clone the MAC address for the router - it depends on whether NTL have tied the CM to your MAC - in most cases, ntl have set up the network so that you should just get a different IP address if you plug in a different device...)


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