infastrtructure or ad-hoc

hi there

how do i want to setup my wap. I want to use it to let me connect my laptop
wireless to my linksys router that in turns connects to my cable modem
(telewest)

cheers

paul woolley

"Paul Woolley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:82Zmb.527$g%.(E-Mail Removed)...
> how do i want to setup my wap. I want to use it to let me connect my
laptop
> wireless to my linksys router that in turns connects to my cable modem
> (telewest)

Infrastructure.

Regards
Sunil

Paul Woolley wrote:
> hi there
>
> how do i want to setup my wap. I want to use it to let me connect my laptop
> wireless to my linksys router that in turns connects to my cable modem
> (telewest)

Ah, a Telewest customer. That would explain a lot.

what do u mean a telewest customer ?

paul woolley

"Silk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bnikhb$1186mc$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Paul Woolley wrote:
> > hi there
> >
> > how do i want to setup my wap. I want to use it to let me connect my
laptop
> > wireless to my linksys router that in turns connects to my cable modem
> > (telewest)
>
> Ah, a Telewest customer. That would explain a lot.
>

On 27/10/03 8:39 am, in article
yR4nb.6806$(E-Mail Removed), "Paul Woolley"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:


>
> "Silk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bnikhb$1186mc$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Paul Woolley wrote:
>>> hi there
>>>
>>> how do i want to setup my wap. I want to use it to let me connect my
> laptop
>>> wireless to my linksys router that in turns connects to my cable modem
>>> (telewest)
>>
>> Ah, a Telewest customer. That would explain a lot.
>>
> what do u mean a telewest customer ?
>
> paul woolley

They seem to be into cryptic comments ..... So in a bit more detail (I
think).

Telewest cable modems are set to register your PC MAC address - if you try
and add more hardware to the cable modem, some people get disconnects after
a short while as the Telewest system senses the new unregistered MAC address
of the new hardware. Some people don't for some reason - probably a weakness
in the Telewest system.

So once you plug your wireless router (I assume its a router) into the cable
modem, it should get its address from the cable modem and pass it wirelessly
to the laptop.

In some cases, you need to find out your originally connected PC MAC address
and set your linksys router to 'spoof' that MAC address, so Telewest think
its the same box. Once that¹s done, the laptop, and anything else wirelessly
connected will appear to the internet as if they are the original PC.

Their comments were because Telewest make life more difficult than a
standard ADSL service, due to the MAC address limitation.

thanks

i already have a router (linksys) setup to spoof the mac address of my
laptop that is registered with telewest. my wap then plugs into my router
on ethernet port one, still cant get it to work though

please help

paul woolley

"Graham in Melton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:BBC2D5E7.16875%(E-Mail Removed)...
> On 27/10/03 8:39 am, in article
> yR4nb.6806$(E-Mail Removed), "Paul Woolley"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
> >
> > "Silk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:bnikhb$1186mc$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Paul Woolley wrote:
> >>> hi there
> >>>
> >>> how do i want to setup my wap. I want to use it to let me connect my
> > laptop
> >>> wireless to my linksys router that in turns connects to my cable modem
> >>> (telewest)
> >>
> >> Ah, a Telewest customer. That would explain a lot.
> >>
> > what do u mean a telewest customer ?
> >
> > paul woolley
>
> They seem to be into cryptic comments ..... So in a bit more detail (I
> think).
>
> Telewest cable modems are set to register your PC MAC address - if you try
> and add more hardware to the cable modem, some people get disconnects
after
> a short while as the Telewest system senses the new unregistered MAC
address
> of the new hardware. Some people don't for some reason - probably a
weakness
> in the Telewest system.
>
> So once you plug your wireless router (I assume its a router) into the
cable
> modem, it should get its address from the cable modem and pass it
wirelessly
> to the laptop.
>
> In some cases, you need to find out your originally connected PC MAC
address
> and set your linksys router to 'spoof' that MAC address, so Telewest think
> its the same box. Once that¹s done, the laptop, and anything else
wirelessly
> connected will appear to the internet as if they are the original PC.
>
> Their comments were because Telewest make life more difficult than a
> standard ADSL service, due to the MAC address limitation.
>

On 27/10/03 4:05 pm, in article
Nnbnb.13088$(E-Mail Removed), "Paul Woolley"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> thanks
>
> i already have a router (linksys) setup to spoof the mac address of my
> laptop that is registered with telewest. my wap then plugs into my router
> on ethernet port one, still cant get it to work though
>
Okay - can your laptop wifi card see any wireless networks - the default
one for Linksys is called "Default" I think

Paul Woolley wrote:
> what do u mean a telewest customer ?

Only a thick idiot would be a Telewest customer.

> > what do u mean a telewest customer ?
> Only a thick idiot would be a Telewest customer.

Not everyone has problems with them - it could be worse, they could
have been asking about AOheLl

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On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 21:43:41 +0000, Silk <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Paul Woolley wrote:
>> what do u mean a telewest customer ?
>
>Only a thick idiot would be a Telewest customer.
I have had thoughts such has these for over three years now.
I see they are offering free this that and the other now in order to
try to poach customers from BT .
Grant .