[Sephiroth]

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Originally posted by kamikazee+Jun 13 2003, 10:46 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (kamikazee @ Jun 13 2003, 10:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>I had the same problem, Your ISP may not be picking up the mac address of your NIC fast enough. They (adelphia) said they were using cisco routers and that sometimes it could take upto 3 hours to reconfigure everything. Adelphia not only looks for the Modem mac ID they also look for a NIC ID.[/b]

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Originally posted by -trminatr@Jun 14 2003, 10:40 AM
Had to think a bit, so am re-writing this post.

My ADSL requires my mac address to connect, as most do.&nbsp; Routers have mac addresses as well.&nbsp; So when you connect directly to the modem from your machine, you are using the nics address instead of the routers.

Therefore you should not be able to connect.

Question though.&nbsp; You mention you are changing the modem address.&nbsp; How do you change a modem address or are you referring to your router?

you can change the ip addy and subnet that the modem is assigned in it's config pages

i thought about the mac address thing too, but, if that was the case, then explain this:

before i got the router, it was connected straight to my machine, then shared over a second nic in my pc over ICS or Wingate, to PC2, and when it was connected that way, i didn't have this problem

also, if it was allowing access to only the mac address of my router, then, why when i take the router out of the equation and push the button on the modem and reset it to factory defaults, can i still not do anything with it?

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Originally posted by -mikeh420@Jun 13 2003, 11:41 PM
Before I put in my router, I would set the modem to 10.0.0.138 and the PC to 10.0.0.137. After I got the router (Linksys BEFSR41) the modem's IP was left as it was, the router was 192.168.1.1 and the PCs (2) started at 192.168.1.100 (with a 255.255.255.0 subnet). You might try to change the modem back to it's original addr.

Hope this helps.

what modem do you have, an Alcatel speed touch home? that's what it sounds like, same one that I have

<!--QuoteBegin--.unicorn@Jun 14 2003, 09:54 AM
Aren't your ISP giving you an IP using a DHCP? Then your router has taken care of that and connect your internal LAN with the cable modem. Putting the PC in direct connection with the modem make them belong to different networks.[/quote]

not DHCP, just a dial up PPPOE connection