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Second Mac on cable modem
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Well, MOST broadband ISPs do NOT assign multiple IP addresses.
The price you quoted sounds like you did buy a router, unless you bought a really expensive hub.
Also, a hub will provide NO protection from the rest of the internet, therefore hacking and DDoS attacks will be much more of a problem. Get a router, block incoming ports, you're golden.
Asante 5 Port Ethernet Hub is what it says on the thing... and it was 75 CND
i bought the thing 4 years ago upon the advice of my reseller
as far as getting hacked... i don't know
how is being on a hub make you more suseptable to being hacked then if you've just got one computer running?
Good lord. A cable company really would need some time on its hands to do that.
But thanks, I didn't realize MAC numbers were like VINs on cars--that you could tell the brand of product.
MAC addresses and cablemodems
I agree that a router with NAT is the way to go. The cable company cannot see beyond the router, and see only that one "machine" and therefore have no problems with it.
You will, however, need to call your provider in some areas (like Northern Virginia and Florida with Adelphia) and say you're switching computers, and need to have the cache cleared. With Adelphia, get a ticket number and ask to be bumped to level 2 support. Alternately, I was told by the technician that their timeout is 4.5 hours, so leave your cablemodem unplugged for 4.5 hours and the system will then capture the first MAC address given when you plug it back in. (Most of us can't live that long without our connections though, so it's worth the 10 minutes on the phone to get to tech support.
I agree that a router with NAT is the way to go. The cable company cannot see beyond the router, and see only that one "machine" and therefore have no problems with it.
You will, however, need to call your provider in some areas (like Northern Virginia and Florida with Adelphia) and say you're switching computers, and need to have the cache cleared. With Adelphia, get a ticket number and ask to be bumped to level 2 support. Alternately, I was told by the technician that their timeout is 4.5 hours, so leave your cablemodem unplugged for 4.5 hours and the system will then capture the first MAC address given when you plug it back in. (Most of us can't live that long without our connections though, so it's worth the 10 minutes on the phone to get to tech support.
Re: MAC addresses and cablemodems
Someone asked earlier about MAC cloning and it relates to your post.
I have a Linksys BEFW11S4 and it supports MAC cloning. You essentially enter the MAC address of your old PC and it will use that on the WAN port, so your ISP doesn't see a change at all (and you won't have to call them).
Originally posted by shadow95
I agree that a router with NAT is the way to go. The cable company cannot see beyond the router, and see only that one "machine" and therefore have no problems with it.
You will, however, need to call your provider in some areas (like Northern Virginia and Florida with Adelphia) and say you're switching computers, and need to have the cache cleared. With Adelphia, get a ticket number and ask to be bumped to level 2 support. Alternately, I was told by the technician that their timeout is 4.5 hours, so leave your cablemodem unplugged for 4.5 hours and the system will then capture the first MAC address given when you plug it back in. (Most of us can't live that long without our connections though, so it's worth the 10 minutes on the phone to get to tech support.
Someone asked earlier about MAC cloning and it relates to your post.
I have a Linksys BEFW11S4 and it supports MAC cloning. You essentially enter the MAC address of your old PC and it will use that on the WAN port, so your ISP doesn't see a change at all (and you won't have to call them).
Yes and no. I have run across duplicate MAC's before, so while they are supposed to be unique, they do get reused. I have heard VIN numbers get reused, but the previous vehicle was destroyed as well.
You cannot always tell the brand of the product either. Some companies sell chipsets to a lot of companies. Sometimes they get programmed with the other companies address range and then shipped to them, other times it may have who originally made the chipset. So you will see one of two things, either who made the chipset or whose equipment it really is. Most large companies that sell network gear have several allocations. The first three octets say who it is.
Re: MAC addresses and cablemodems
You don't even sleep that long? I know you're kidding, a bit, but why not unplug when you go to bed and plug in the new device in the morning? Sure, you have to do it bleary-eyed, but hardly a major deal.
Originally posted by shadow95
Alternately, I was told by the technician that their timeout is 4.5 hours, so leave your cablemodem unplugged for 4.5 hours and the system will then capture the first MAC address given when you plug it back in. (Most of us can't live that long without our connections though, so it's worth the 10 minutes on the phone to get to tech support.
You don't even sleep that long? I know you're kidding, a bit, but why not unplug when you go to bed and plug in the new device in the morning? Sure, you have to do it bleary-eyed, but hardly a major deal.
Don't pay any attention to Archaeopteryx . He's not much of a "computer person" seeing as he can't figure out how to open his CD drive.
Here is the link. Laugh, laugh!
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LMFAO!!! I just laughed so hard that I almost peed myself for the first time ever, just almost!!!