NTL Problems

dahranis · Apprentice Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 166

I have two computers, one thats mine to mess about with as i choose, and one for the family.

I take my compter to my fathers house and connect it to the router no problems.

But when i take it back to my mothers house (disconnecting the family computer and connecting my computer up) i have NO internet connection.

Both houses use the same ISP (NTL) and i remember the computer at my mothers house having similar problems (until somebody put the windows/OS X compatible disc in and went through the installation procedre) I have never had to do anything remotely similar at my fathers house.

Does anybody know how i can get my linux box connected to the net at my mothers house?

magic919 · Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 3:38 pm Post subject:

Clone her PC's MAC address onto your Linux box.

dahranis · Apprentice Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 166

how do i do that?

pteppic · l33t Joined: 28 Nov 2005 Posts: 781

If I change the mac address connected to the modem (normally by pluging the cable in the wrong eth card), I have to reboot the modem to get it to connect. I found this with my NTL modem and a friend of mines up north. You may have tried this but I thought it was worth mentioning.
Actually, when I come to think of it, my mate had her pc switched of for about 20 odd hours too, their [NTL] leases must have a long expiry on them....