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09-11-2004, 11:08

This may be a red herring, as it may only apply to STBs, but it used to be the case that the NTL network would only recognise the MAC address of the PC you used when you registered. Thus, when installing a router, you had to clone that MAC address, so that the system still thought the router was the same PC you registered from. What is on the other side of the router is then irrelevant.

09-11-2004, 11:08	#5
JohnHorb Guest Location: Sale, Cheshire Services: 10MB Broadband, DTV, Telephone Posts: n/a	Re: NTL 120 CM and Belkin F5D7231uk4 wireless modem This may be a red herring, as it may only apply to STBs, but it used to be the case that the NTL network would only recognise the MAC address of the PC you used when you registered. Thus, when installing a router, you had to clone that MAC address, so that the system still thought the router was the same PC you registered from. What is on the other side of the router is then irrelevant.