Registered Computers

roblewis · 11-08-2004, 16:50

When Broadband is installed it requests thay you register your computer. However following registration there is some difficulty in accessing NTL Site to find out which computers are recorded under a specific account number. Anyone aware of how this difficulty can be resolved

paulyoung666 · 11-08-2004, 16:52

hi and

to the site , are you not confusing this with the modem registration , i aint ever had to register a computer

scrotnig · 11-08-2004, 16:53

Set Top Box broadband registers your computer, or more specifically, its MAC address.

paulyoung666 · 11-08-2004, 16:58

that was what i was thinking , it would be the mac address not the actual pc

Ramrod · 11-08-2004, 17:20

....so it's the router thats 'registered', if you are using one

SMHarman · 11-08-2004, 20:41

Unless your router has a cloned mac address from the PC

Marge · 11-08-2004, 20:47

You can register upto 5 pc's via the STB Broadband, if you reach the limit then it would ask you to delete one/some of the already registered ones. The only time you can access this page is if either a refresh hit is sent to the STB or if you are adding a new pc onto the BB service in which case you would be getting an ip address starting with 10

**Paul** · 11-08-2004, 23:45

Interesting that you can register five, when the T&C's seem to say you should only have a max of three

Matth · 11-08-2004, 23:57

3 simultaneous, using a router - if you HAVE a router, you don't register the individual PCs, and if you DON'T have a router, you can register up to 5 PCs / replacement ethernet interfaces, but only USE one.

nffc · 12-08-2004, 00:00

3 PCs connected in T+Cs? How do they know if you're behind router / NAT / firewall?

Chris W · 12-08-2004, 00:03

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Originally Posted by nffc

3 PCs connected in T+Cs? How do they know if you're behind router / NAT / firewall?

Very difficult to work out... but using complicated methods involving packet inspection it would be possible to find out.

**Paul** · 12-08-2004, 00:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by monkeybreath

Very difficult to work out... but using complicated methods involving packet inspection it would be possible to find out.

Not if you have a (decent) firewall correctly configured.

Chris W · 12-08-2004, 00:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paul M

Not if you have a (decent) firewall correctly configured.

true... but i am guessing that less than 0.1% of ntl's users are in this situation...

scrotnig · 12-08-2004, 01:05

Every customer I come across seems to have a Firewall that blocks them from browsing and sending emails, but lets every trojan play with their machine with gay abandon.