Swapping network cards

I'm connected to NTL cable here in the UK.

I connect to the Net via an ethernet card which I took from my old
PC.

I also have got an ethernet socket on my motherboard which I now want
to use.

I would like to be able swap the modem connection back & forth
between those two ethernet sockets.

What steps, if any, must I do each time I change the ethernet socket
I am using?

Reboots!

"Jackeline D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm connected to NTL cable here in the UK.
>
> I connect to the Net via an ethernet card which I took from my old
> PC.
>
> I also have got an ethernet socket on my motherboard which I now want
> to use.
>
> I would like to be able swap the modem connection back & forth
> between those two ethernet sockets.
>
> What steps, if any, must I do each time I change the ethernet socket
> I am using?

On the PC probably nothing. Some cable modems (mine at least) won't let you
change the NIC it is connected to, so you would have to reset (or power
down/power up) the cable modem.

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"Jackeline D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm connected to NTL cable here in the UK.
>
> I connect to the Net via an ethernet card which I took from my old
> PC.
>
> I also have got an ethernet socket on my motherboard which I now want
> to use.
>
> I would like to be able swap the modem connection back & forth
> between those two ethernet sockets.
>
> What steps, if any, must I do each time I change the ethernet socket
> I am using?

On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 20:15:43 GMT, in uk.telecom.broadband Jackeline D
<(E-Mail Removed)> strung together this:

>I'm connected to NTL cable here in the UK.
>
>I connect to the Net via an ethernet card which I took from my old
>PC.
>
>I also have got an ethernet socket on my motherboard which I now want
>to use.
>
>I would like to be able swap the modem connection back & forth
>between those two ethernet sockets.
>
>What steps, if any, must I do each time I change the ethernet socket
>I am using?

You'd be better yourself a cheapo 10\100Mbps hub for under a tenner.
You can use both PC's on the net at once then and share files etc..
Something like this one will do the job,
http://tinyurl.com/34u3q
...

SJW
A.C.S. Ltd.

"Jackeline D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm connected to NTL cable here in the UK.
>
> I connect to the Net via an ethernet card which I took from my old
> PC.
>
> I also have got an ethernet socket on my motherboard which I now want
> to use.
>
> I would like to be able swap the modem connection back & forth
> between those two ethernet sockets.
>
> What steps, if any, must I do each time I change the ethernet socket
> I am using?

You shouldn't need to make any windows config changes but.......
As you're with NTL you'll need to register the 2nd nic when you attempt to
go online, in the same way as you did with the 1st one when you started with
them. I think they'll allow upto 4 nics registered to each account at any
one time.
I can't remember the exact procedure for doing this, maybe they've given you
some info. If you're lucky then any attempt to connect to the www using the
2nd card will lead to your browser going straight to the registration page.
Make sure you have your PID and other NTL information available.
There's also the option of setting up the 2nd card with a spoofed MAC
address so it looks to ntls servers as though you're connecting using the
1st card. I won't go into the hows and whys as I think the first option is
less messy.


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"Jackeline D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm connected to NTL cable here in the UK.

Where else

>
> I connect to the Net via an ethernet card which I took from my old
> PC.
>
> I also have got an ethernet socket on my motherboard which I now want
> to use.
>
> I would like to be able swap the modem connection back & forth
> between those two ethernet sockets.
>
> What steps, if any, must I do each time I change the ethernet socket
> I am using?

You must do the following each time you change to a different ethernet
interface on your PC.
You must power off the cable modem
You must power off the PC
You must power on the cable modem and wait for a steady Sync and Rdy
You must power on the PC

But you knew that anyway because that's what Ntl support told you.

Joe

Change the ethernet card and you'll probably have to go through the
XP activation process again; at least I did.

"Jackeline D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:94A0CE1DAE1AE53F89A@127.0.0.1...
> I'm connected to NTL cable here in the UK.
>
> I connect to the Net via an ethernet card which I took from my old
> PC.
>
> I also have got an ethernet socket on my motherboard which I now want
> to use.
>
> I would like to be able swap the modem connection back & forth
> between those two ethernet sockets.
>
> What steps, if any, must I do each time I change the ethernet socket
> I am using?

Lurch wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 20:15:43 GMT, in uk.telecom.broadband Jackeline
> D <(E-Mail Removed)> strung together this:
>
>> I'm connected to NTL cable here in the UK.
>>
>> I connect to the Net via an ethernet card which I took from my old
>> PC.
>>
>> I also have got an ethernet socket on my motherboard which I now
>> want to use.
>>
>> I would like to be able swap the modem connection back & forth
>> between those two ethernet sockets.
>>
>> What steps, if any, must I do each time I change the ethernet
>> socket I am using?
>
> You'd be better yourself a cheapo 10\100Mbps hub for under a tenner.
> You can use both PC's on the net at once then and share files etc..
> Something like this one will do the job,
> http://tinyurl.com/34u3q

Make that a router & it will work, a hub won't without some third party
software (such as Sygate so I've been informed). NTL only allocate 1 IP...

You may have been unlucky and hit the max change count. I did not have to
re-activate with my NIC swapping.

"mark7" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Change the ethernet card and you'll probably have to go through the
> XP activation process again; at least I did.
>
> "Jackeline D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:94A0CE1DAE1AE53F89A@127.0.0.1...
> > I'm connected to NTL cable here in the UK.
> >
> > I connect to the Net via an ethernet card which I took from my old
> > PC.
> >
> > I also have got an ethernet socket on my motherboard which I now want
> > to use.
> >
> > I would like to be able swap the modem connection back & forth
> > between those two ethernet sockets.
> >
> > What steps, if any, must I do each time I change the ethernet socket
> > I am using?
>
>

"Joe Bloggs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>> I connect to the Net via an ethernet card which I took from my
>> old PC.
>>
>> I also have got an ethernet socket on my motherboard which I
>> now want to use.
>>
>> I would like to be able swap the modem connection back & forth
>> between those two ethernet sockets.
>>
>> What steps, if any, must I do each time I change the ethernet
>> socket I am using?
>
> You must do the following each time you change to a different
> ethernet interface on your PC.
> You must power off the cable modem
> You must power off the PC
> You must power on the cable modem and wait for a steady Sync and
> Rdy You must power on the PC

So far, so good and I agree. But this next bit I migth quibble over:

>
> But you knew that anyway because that's what Ntl support told
> you.

ALthough I don't know much about networking there are times when I
think that NTL support know even less than I do (if you can believe
that).