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SuperCow · 12-07-2005, 18:19

Hello everyone

I recently purchased a Linksys router (BEFSR41 v3) to link up 3 PCs in my house. Since I had previously been using NTL's internet connection directly with a PC network card I have been assuming that I would need to clone the NIC's MAC address on the router to keep my internet connection. However I didn't need to and the Internet connection worked straight away with the router, which I don't quite understand. I didn't re-register or anything, and I thought NTL required the MAC address used during the registration process to obtain Internet?
Obviously this shouldn't be a problem as such, but I've been having disconnection problems with this router (once a day on average) that are only resolved by resetting the router, and I've been reading on the net that the MAC address used by the router could be a factor in this problem (i.e. I am wondering whether I should clone the original NIC's MAC address after all).
Any idea?

12-07-2005, 18:19	#1
SuperCow Inactive Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hemel Hempstead Posts: 18	MAC address cloning with router or not? Hello everyone I recently purchased a Linksys router (BEFSR41 v3) to link up 3 PCs in my house. Since I had previously been using NTL's internet connection directly with a PC network card I have been assuming that I would need to clone the NIC's MAC address on the router to keep my internet connection. However I didn't need to and the Internet connection worked straight away with the router, which I don't quite understand. I didn't re-register or anything, and I thought NTL required the MAC address used during the registration process to obtain Internet? Obviously this shouldn't be a problem as such, but I've been having disconnection problems with this router (once a day on average) that are only resolved by resetting the router, and I've been reading on the net that the MAC address used by the router could be a factor in this problem (i.e. I am wondering whether I should clone the original NIC's MAC address after all). Any idea?