Charter Cable problems

[navysf05]

Hey,

I hope this is posted in the right spot... Anyways, I am useing an Ambit cable modem that is giving out private Ip addresses. I am trying to connect another computer to the modem but the new computer isn't getting internet, but it is getting a simple connection (file transfer only) to my original computer. Also, i need wireless internet and so I attempted to hook up a Linksys 2.4 ghz wireless-G broadband router but I cant even get any internet to go through it much less wireless . It says it cant find the internet. I'm thinking if I could somehow get the Ambit Charter modem to assign public IP's this all might go away. I checked the modem's website and it tells me what its settings are but I have no way of changeing them . Hopefully someone has come across this and has a solution for me! Thanks guys/gals!

[Toto]

Originally Posted by navysf05

Hey,

I hope this is posted in the right spot... Anyways, I am useing an Ambit cable modem that is giving out private Ip addresses. I am trying to connect another computer to the modem but the new computer isn't getting internet, but it is getting a simple connection (file transfer only) to my original computer. Also, i need wireless internet and so I attempted to hook up a Linksys 2.4 ghz wireless-G broadband router but I cant even get any internet to go through it much less wireless . It says it cant find the internet. I'm thinking if I could somehow get the Ambit Charter modem to assign public IP's this all might go away. I checked the modem's website and it tells me what its settings are but I have no way of changeing them . Hopefully someone has come across this and has a solution for me! Thanks guys/gals!

Charter Internet, Texas?

[navysf05]

No. It's Charter digital cable, I live in St. Louis

Their website is: http://www.charter.com/Visitors/Home.aspx

[Toto]

We are a UK based group, but many of the ntl modems are made by Ambit. Without knowing how your ISP allocates IP addresses to the modem, its difficult to answer. Also, your modem type could be different to the ones we haave in the UK, but somebody here may be able to help.

[dragon]

Originally Posted by Toto

We are a UK based group, but many of the ntl modems are made by Ambit. Without knowing how your ISP allocates IP addresses to the modem, its difficult to answer. Also, your modem type could be different to the ones we haave in the UK, but somebody here may be able to help.

just a thought did your ISP ever ask the MAC address of your network card when you signed up, im wandering if they've tied the account to the mac address of your pc therefore stopping you from using another computer/router unless you either

A. change the mac address registered with them

OR

B. most routers have an option to spoof the mac address they send to the WAN port (which the modem plugs into), you could try spoofing the mac the router sends out to the one of your Pc that the internet is working on.

Then plug the router up and see if it gets internet off the modem.

I guess you'd leave it on dynmaic addressing (get ip from dhcp) but as i don't know what your ISP's setup requires it is just a guess i'm afraid.

Hope that might be of some help to you.