- NTL Broadband MAC Address
- Posted by Chris Weston on May 21st, 2004
Hi,
Can anybody tell me, because I've checked out the dreadful ntlworld faq and
had no luck, do NTL require registration of MAC address a la Telewest before
one can use their cable modem broadband? My Dad's PC has had to be replaced
and I'd like to know how much configuration of a replacement will be
necessary.
Cheers
Chris Weston
- Posted by Bob Evans on May 21st, 2004
In article <dTrrc.2525$V04.1241@pathologist.blueyonder.net> , Chris
Weston <chris.weston@[losethislot].invalid> wrote
No, NTL don't require preregistration of the MAC address of equipment
that you connect to their modem.
It's all explained at Robin Walker's very helpful site:
<http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d.h.walker/cmtips/index.html>.
--
Bob Evans
- Posted by Bob Evans on May 21st, 2004
In article <MPG.1b1875ad62938273989e4c@127.0.0.1>, chris
<see@reply.to.field> wrote
I believe the answer I gave was accurate. NTL (unlike Telewest, I am
told) do not require their customers to _pre-register_ (e.g. by
telephone) the MAC address of a device that is to be connected to their
_cable modem_. However the procedure for those using set-top boxes is
slightly more complicated.
See <http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d.h.walker/cmtips/register.html>
for chapter & verse.
--
Bob Evans
- Posted by Duncan Clark on May 22nd, 2004
Historians believe that in newspost
<dTrrc.2525$V04.1241@pathologist.blueyonder.net> on Fri, 21 May 2004,
Chris Weston <chris.weston@[losethislot].invalid> penned the following
literary masterpiece:
Assuming his NTL modem has had it's MAC address already registered (as
he has been using it one presume it has been) then if your father
changes his PC or installs say a router or whatever down stream of that
NTL modem, nothing needs to be done.
If he is changing the NTL modem, then that will need registering.
Duncan
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- Posted by Chris Weston on May 22nd, 2004
"Duncan Clark" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:rLVB0uDFQxrAFAHq@privacy.net...
Righto, thanks everyone for the answers. The modem isn't moving, just the
PC changing. I now understand that the PC will connect with no problems (as
long as three others haven't used the same modem within the last 48 hours
.
I should of course have specified the fact that it was the PC MAC address
that I was referring to!
Many thanks again
--
Chris Weston
- Posted by Chris Weston on May 22nd, 2004
"Bob Evans" <news@eedl.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:E3P$36C6ilrAFABj@cygnus.eedl.demon.co.uk...
And this is one very useful site. Thanks for the link.
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Chris Weston
