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Post #48,095
by bluke
8/5/02 2:57:37 AM
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New 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
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8/5/02 7:22:55 AM
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New 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.

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     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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