Re: Hooking up a laptop to a cable modem

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Post #48,028 by pwhysall 8/4/02 10:38:03 AM Reply	Re: Hooking up a laptop to a cable modem Plug the laptop in. Open a command prompt. Issue this sequence of commands: ipconfig /release ipconfig /renew ipconfig /flushdns Does this help? Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #48,095 by bluke 8/5/02 2:57:37 AM Reply	Re: Hooking up a laptop to a cable modem I tried those and it didn't work. Anyone have any ideas how I can find out if Road Runner uses the MAC address of the network card? BTW, how do I find out what the MAC address of the network card is?
Post #48,106 by pwhysall 8/5/02 7:22:55 AM Reply	MAC addresses There are two ways. Physically inspect the card. the MAC address is usually printed on the card. Run "ipconfig /all" and observe the output: Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com 3C920 Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller (3C905C-TX Compatible) Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-06-5B-26-F8-6C Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.200.1.50 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.200.1.1 This is a snippet of the configuration of my desktop PC at work. the MAC address is the "Physical Address". Note that some network cards allow you to change this. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]

Hooking up a laptop to a cable modem - (bluke) - (21) - Aug. 4, 2002, 09:32:31 AM EDT

Re: Hooking up a laptop to a cable modem - (pwhysall) - (2) - Aug. 4, 2002, 10:38:03 AM EDT

Re: Hooking up a laptop to a cable modem - (bluke) - (1) - Aug. 5, 2002, 02:57:37 AM EDT

MAC addresses - (pwhysall) - Aug. 5, 2002, 07:22:55 AM EDT

Cable tricks - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2002, 10:57:46 AM EDT

Yep, with Linksys router, on Road Runner cable modem - (a6l6e6x) - Aug. 4, 2002, 06:14:40 PM EDT

Power Cycling the Cable Modem... - (folkert) - (13) - Aug. 4, 2002, 07:26:03 PM EDT

No, it is the network card - and . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (12) - Aug. 4, 2002, 08:32:55 PM EDT

From a know-nothing... - (folkert) - (2) - Aug. 4, 2002, 10:08:02 PM EDT

Easy - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2002, 11:21:31 PM EDT

power-cycling the modem is worth trying though - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 5, 2002, 08:09:32 AM EDT

Bad tech support. BAD! BAD! - (ben_tilly) - (8) - Aug. 5, 2002, 08:12:21 AM EDT

No, what I assume is . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (7) - Aug. 5, 2002, 10:14:39 AM EDT

Well... I'll give you that.... - (folkert) - Aug. 5, 2002, 05:50:00 PM EDT

Another bad assumption - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Aug. 5, 2002, 07:17:21 PM EDT

I told a tech off for suggesting that. - (static) - (4) - Aug. 6, 2002, 01:47:55 AM EDT

This isn't a case of Windows mentality - (ben_tilly) - (3) - Aug. 6, 2002, 07:19:50 AM EDT

Not only that... - (admin) - Aug. 6, 2002, 10:20:38 AM EDT

Also, a power glitch can put the cable modem into limbo. - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - Aug. 6, 2002, 02:42:27 PM EDT

Happens to hubs too. - (Andrew Grygus) - Aug. 6, 2002, 03:01:00 PM EDT

Just received an answer from RR tech support - (bluke) - (1) - Aug. 6, 2002, 03:19:50 AM EDT

Nope... Not going there except to.... - (folkert) - Aug. 7, 2002, 08:33:10 PM EDT

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