Nic Cards Help Ive Gone Brain Dead
07-01-2004, 21:54
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Nic Cards Help Ive Gone Brain Dead
ok guys & Gals a bit of a brain storm here gone Brain Dead I Have just rebuilt my system & resetup A Network Of Three Computers 1nic in each computer and cant remember if i should clone (my nic mac address) or the (mac address of my cable modem) i have the linksys BEFSR41UK and it has been working fine
its just me finally geting round to seting things up properly you know like yer do  
TIA 
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07-01-2004, 22:03
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Re: Nic Cards Help Ive Gone Brain Dead
You should'nt have to "clone" anything.. the only MAC address that is important to your NTL account is the cable modem.. the rest should all be untouched.
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07-01-2004, 22:06
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Re: Nic Cards Help Ive Gone Brain Dead
unless you have reset the router it will still be setup as before and should work
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07-01-2004, 22:07
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Re: Nic Cards Help Ive Gone Brain Dead
if you really want to do it this way.. here is the info http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d....html#macclone
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07-01-2004, 22:14
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Re: Nic Cards Help Ive Gone Brain Dead
thanks for the info i can sort it now needed a memory jog cheers all
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08-01-2004, 08:39
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Re: Nic Cards Help Ive Gone Brain Dead
Bit late...but actually you should clone the MAC address of the last device connected to your CM before any changes. If that last device was the same router you are using now then no change and no cloning required.
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08-01-2004, 09:39
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Re: Nic Cards Help Ive Gone Brain Dead
Well, if its STB then you will need to use the MAC(s) registered at ntl.
If its a SACM then it doesnt matter what the MAC address of your equipment is. As long as yoou havnt changed it more than 3 times recently. ( if you change it more than 3 times and the dhcp gives an IP to each MAC address you wont be able to receive any more IP addresses until one of the first 3 has expired)
The default MAC of the router will be fine if its SACM.
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08-01-2004, 10:36
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Re: Nic Cards Help Ive Gone Brain Dead
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Originally Posted by basa
Bit late...but actually you should clone the MAC address of the last device connected to your CM before any changes. If that last device was the same router you are using now then no change and no cloning required.
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I've NEVER had to clone any MAC addresses, changed NICs & added router without cloning anything!! Why clone when there is no need??
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08-01-2004, 11:15
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Re: Nic Cards Help Ive Gone Brain Dead
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Originally Posted by bonzoe
I've NEVER had to clone any MAC addresses, changed NICs & added router without cloning anything!! Why clone when there is no need??
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That's a good question...in fact I was only trying to answer the first posters query.
Cloning is generally used when accessing internet via an STB where a MAC address requires registering to the ntl servers. Cloning (supposedly) avoids re-registering a new / replacement device (PC or router) with ntl.
It didn't actually work when I tried it a few months ago .. I broke the ntl database !!!! 
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08-01-2004, 12:35
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Re: Nic Cards Help Ive Gone Brain Dead
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Originally Posted by basa
It didn't actually work when I tried it a few months ago .. I broke the ntl database !!!! |
Ah, so it's you that is the cause of all NTL's problems .... 
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08-01-2004, 12:50
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Re: Nic Cards Help Ive Gone Brain Dead
the other reason i was asking is when i run the network diags in xp it says my network card has failed but all seems to be working ok 
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08-01-2004, 14:06
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Re: Nic Cards Help Ive Gone Brain Dead
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Originally Posted by pem
Ah, so it's you that is the cause of all NTL's problems .... |
 Well actually it was just my entry on the provisioning database that I borked, but it did cause quite a headache at the time !! :o
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