[jimmygillespie]

Hi All,

I am about to help a friend set up a new Linksys WRT54GS wireless router so he can move his PC away from the cable connection in the wall (i.e. to another room).

I have read over the instructions, and the only thing I can't get my head around is that he has no Ethernet connection on the PC (it is an older machine). The cable modem supplied by Telewest, uses a USB connection to the PC.

How do I get the Telewest network to recognise the router? Do I have to call the (1 pound per minute!) broadband "extended PC support" line to register the MAC address of the router?

I thought it would suffice to "clone" the MAC of the PC in the router, and therefore the use of router would be transparent to the Telewest network. However, obviously the PC has no MAC address as it has no Ethernet card.

I should also mention that he has a PCI Linksys Wireless G card to hook the PC up to the router.

How should I tackle this router setup with the Telewest network?

Thanks in avance for any help offered....

J