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Mooncow · 25-07-2006, 13:11

Ok i read somewhere i need to make the mac addresses the same. Well at the moment I set the PC to have the same MAC address as my thomson speedtouch 580 router. However it didn't detect anything on installation. When i plugged the ethernet cable straight to PC (no router) it worke, and stated a different MAC address...

So does the PC, router, and cable modem have 3 different MAC addresses? do i need to make them all the same?

I tried ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew with my router but it didn't work...

it says DCHP yes though =S

hope someone can help!

25-07-2006, 13:11	#1
Mooncow Inactive Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 12	need help with mac addresses and router.. Ok i read somewhere i need to make the mac addresses the same. Well at the moment I set the PC to have the same MAC address as my thomson speedtouch 580 router. However it didn't detect anything on installation. When i plugged the ethernet cable straight to PC (no router) it worke, and stated a different MAC address... So does the PC, router, and cable modem have 3 different MAC addresses? do i need to make them all the same? I tried ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew with my router but it didn't work... it says DCHP yes though =S hope someone can help!