On Tuesday, January 23, 2007 @ 6:55 PM, I wrote:
On Tuesday, Jauary 23, 2007 @ 6:13 PM, Jim Cunning wrote:
On Tuesday 23 January 2007 15:19, Greg Wallace wrote:
On Tuesday, January 23, 2007 @ 4:22 PM, Jim Cunning wrote:
On Tuesday 23 January 2007 13:41, Greg Wallace wrote: [...] One way to avoid this situation is to use the "Clone MAC Address" function many routers have, so they appear to have the MAC address of the/one LAN host connected to it. That way, the cable modem always see the same MAC
address,
regardless of the router actually attached to it.
I don't see that function in this particular router (Netgear RP614), but since I'll be using this router from now on (at least hopefully) I doubt I'll have that problem again.
On page 2-16 of the Netgear RP614 v2 manual there is an illustration showing 3 choices: "Use Default MAC Address", "Use Computer MAC Address" and "Use This MAC Address" (with an entry box). The latter two choices are the clone equivalents I was referring to.
Jim
Ok. I found it. I picked "Use This Mac Address" which already had an address in it but was grayed out until I selected it. Is that the Mac Address of the modem, or of the router?
Thanks, Greg Wallace
I've been doing some googling on this and I'm still a bit confused. When you choose, for example, "Use This Mac Address", if that's not the mac address that the modem picked earlier (from, say, a different router) will it be accepted, or wouldn't you still have to re-boot the modem to get it to use that new address? Or am I still not understanding this process? Greg Wallace -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org