Telewest and Linksys broadband wireless router

Set up:

New Telewest connection with Motorola cable modem.

Works to a laptop PC via a cable, assigning a IP address in the 8n.nn.nn.nn.
range.

Connecting the modem to the Linksys Internet port and laptop to the "normal"
hub port- no internet.

Connecting the modem port and laptop to the "normal" hub ports internet.

I think the problem is getting the addressess correct - in particular the
Linksys as the gateway- I'm assuming it will then route to the Motorola and
the user side needs no knowledge of the IP address on that side. In fact the
Linksys will bridge the 8n....... addresses to the 192.... local addresses.

Advice / opinions, please.

Thanks

Brian








Brian Reay

Brian Reay wrote:
> Set up:
>
> New Telewest connection with Motorola cable modem.
>
> Works to a laptop PC via a cable, assigning a IP address in the
> 8n.nn.nn.nn. range.
>
> Connecting the modem to the Linksys Internet port and laptop to the
> "normal" hub port- no internet.
>
> Connecting the modem port and laptop to the "normal" hub ports internet.
> I think the problem is getting the addressess correct - in particular
> the Linksys as the gateway- I'm assuming it will then route to the
> Motorola and the user side needs no knowledge of the IP address on
> that side. In fact the Linksys will bridge the 8n....... addresses to
> the 192.... local addresses.
> Advice / opinions, please.
>
Telewest used to restrict you to a few specified MAC addresses (this
corresponds to your network card) so you needed to either add the MAC
address of your router in the BY selfcare page , or get it to spoof the MAC
address of your NIC card in the router setup page

--
Alex

Sig on old laptop - new one coming soon.
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Dr Zoidberg wrote:
> Telewest used to restrict you to a few specified MAC addresses (this
> corresponds to your network card) so you needed to either add the MAC
> address of your router in the BY selfcare page , or get it to spoof the MAC
> address of your NIC card in the router setup page

Being a Telewest customer (for my sins) I can add that the MAC
restrictions were removed some time ago, at least in the Yorkshire area.
I've had at least three different devices with different MACs (two
laptops and my router) hooked directly into the modem and different
times with no problems at all.

--
Gareth Halfacree
http://gareth.halfacree.co.uk

"Brian Reay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:vMGzf.1802$(E-Mail Removed)...
> New Telewest connection with Motorola cable modem.
>
> Works to a laptop PC via a cable, assigning a IP address in the
> 8n.nn.nn.nn. range.
>
> Connecting the modem to the Linksys Internet port and laptop to the
> "normal" hub port- no internet.

You need, at the very least, to reboot (or power off then on again) the
modem before attaching it to the router's WAN (Internet) port. The modem
remembers the first MAC address it sees a packet from, and will ignore any
other until it is rebooted.

Other restrictions on MAC addresses can be applied on the cable-side of the
modem but, as Gareth Halfacree suggests, these may have been relaxed. (I
know NTL did some time ago.)

Alex

Gareth Halfacree wrote:
> Dr Zoidberg wrote:
>> Telewest used to restrict you to a few specified MAC addresses (this
>> corresponds to your network card) so you needed to either add the MAC
>> address of your router in the BY selfcare page , or get it to spoof
>> the MAC address of your NIC card in the router setup page
>
> Being a Telewest customer (for my sins) I can add that the MAC
> restrictions were removed some time ago, at least in the Yorkshire
> area. I've had at least three different devices with different MACs
> (two laptops and my router) hooked directly into the modem and
> different times with no problems at all.

Quite possibly.
I cloned the MAC when I replaced my router some while back but that was just
as much habit as anything
--
Alex

Sig on old laptop - new one coming soon.
www.drzoidberg.co.uk www.ebayfaq.co.uk