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MovedGoalPosts · 23-11-2005, 00:33

You can only have one device at a time connected directly to the STB. If you want to switch devices, i.e. your home PC, to the lappy, you must power off the STB, and all computers, rearrange the ethernet wires, so that only the alternate is connected, then power up the STB and then the new PC, or lappy (old one off). Your new PC or lappy then needs to be registered with ntl (go to start:ntl in Internet Explorer). Once registered, next time you swap over, you shouldn't need to reregister.

A router saves all this faffing around of power on / off, etc. Power off the STB, plug the router to the STB, Power on the STB and then the router. Plug the router to PC one, and register the router with ntl via it's admin functions (that's where MAC clonign might come in), then plug whatever computers or lappys to the router and the router will take care of their connections.

23-11-2005, 00:33	#4
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 61 Posts: 15,868	Re: NTL set top box router You can only have one device at a time connected directly to the STB. If you want to switch devices, i.e. your home PC, to the lappy, you must power off the STB, and all computers, rearrange the ethernet wires, so that only the alternate is connected, then power up the STB and then the new PC, or lappy (old one off). Your new PC or lappy then needs to be registered with ntl (go to start:ntl in Internet Explorer). Once registered, next time you swap over, you shouldn't need to reregister. A router saves all this faffing around of power on / off, etc. Power off the STB, plug the router to the STB, Power on the STB and then the router. Plug the router to PC one, and register the router with ntl via it's admin functions (that's where MAC clonign might come in), then plug whatever computers or lappys to the router and the router will take care of their connections.