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Posted by: DisneyLG

OK so... I feel broken hearted and dumbfounded. I went and bought the linksys single port router then upgraded to the 4 port linksys router... neither of them would pick up a IP address... Then I changed brands and went to a Netgear router. It also gave me the same problem...

I am running right now a Linksys NIC card, a Toshiba PCX1100U Modem, and a Netgear RP614 Router

I've contacted Linksys, Netgear, and Road runner... No one can seem to be able to figure out why it's not working for me.... And a pat on my back from the Roadrunner Helpdesk, who said I was the only one ever to stump him... And he had me on the phone for nearly 45 minutes.

I've tried 4 different cables. One of them is a crossover cable and the others are straight.

I've tried going into the Wan and out of the Lan (by the book)

I've tried going into a Lan, out of a Lan and back into the Wan then out of a Lan and into the comp. (suggested by Linksys)

I've tried going into My router then out to a hub then into the comp. (also suggested by linksys)

I've tried unplugging and restarting. Heck, even RoadRunner even restarted my modem from their side.

I've changed out NIC cards... And done everything formentioned again.

I'm pulling my hair out!!!! And at my wits end... I dare think about the problems I might encounter when it's up and running on the comp side and I have to then connect the TIVO.... It'll be just my luck.

Once again, any help would be much appreciated...

-Zeke

Posted by: Worf

Make sure you set the routers to clone the MAC address of your computer. What's happening is that your provider only gives IP addresses to known MAC addresses.

You can check by plugging your modem into your computer and verifying it gets the address.

Posted by: DisneyLG

If the modem is dirrectly plugged into the NIC card in the computer... everything is fine. Thats where I'm at now.

Zeke

ps. How di I set the router to clone the MAC address of my comp... And how do I determine the Mac Address all together.

Zeke

Posted by: ADent

It would be in the manual of your router, at least for the couple of models I was looking at last week.

Some companies make sure only the computer it hooked up works - but some of the firewall/routers let you clone the 'hardware' MAC address to pretend to be the computer.