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Adding Wireless to Chorus Broadband

  • 28-06-2006 7:50am
    #1
    baggyboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭


    Hey,
    I am trying to add a wireless Router to a friends Chorus Cable Broadand Service and am having issues :-). The laptop communicates with the Buffalo Router no probs but the Chorus Modem does not seem to pass its Internet IP onto the WAN port of the Router at all. Obviously when I plug the laptop into the Chorus MOdem it functions perfectly. Anyone attempted this and succeded? OR can anyone tell whether this is even possible.

    Thanks in advance

    John


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  • #2
    irlrobins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭irlrobins


    Could be a MAC Cloning issue. Disconnect modem from power for 10 mins, then plug it into router. If that fails get router to clone mac address of laptop.


  • #3
    baggyboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭baggyboy


    Cheers irlrobins. I will give that a go. How would I go about cloning MAC address of laptop on router?


  • #4
    irlrobins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭irlrobins


    Depends on the model of router, but there should be a page on the web config where you enter the mac address of the laptop.

    However, turning off the modem for 10 mins should release the ip assigned to laptop mac address and when you connect it to router it will assign ip to it's mac address.

    In fact just to be safe, before you disconnect modem from laptop, do a "ipconfig /release" command in the command prompt on laptop, disconnect laptop from modem, switch off modem for 10 mins, then connect router to it and power back on.


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