Don{ald} O. Woodall wrote:

> In , on 02/10/2005 
>    at 01:25 AM, htravis{at}attglobal.net said:
> 
> 
>>Spake Harry,
>>You don't appreciate how much is built into the user interface of the
>>router. An entire web site. No pages in the "help"
screens "to be
>>completed[3-7years] later. " 
> 
> 
>>You probably just plug in the power, connect it to your NIC, open your
>>computer's  browser, type 198.168.0.1, hit return, and check the manual
>>for 10 seconds to find out the default user (probably "admin") and
>>password (could be password, or nothing required at all) to enter into
>>the two boxes of the first page in front of you. 
> 
> 
>>Then, put down the manual and click on tabs. It is *not* Injoy.
> 
> 
> Guys, guys
> 
>      You try to make things so simple. 
> 
>      My speciality is to do it RIGHT and make it hard. 
> 
>      I am a one handed mechanic right now.  And you have left] out the
> making custom length patch cables.
> 
>      Then there is the bit about MAC addresses you haven't discussed at
> all.
> 
>      When people talk about MAC addresses, they claim that the ISP is
> connecting to the MAC address of th NIC.  That claim violates my
> experience.  When my CABLE service was installed, the installation
> technician called into the ISP with the MAC address of the "CABLE
MODEM."
> 
>      SO, installing the router is going to change the plumbing
> 
> FROM:
>      DSL Modem > NIC
> 
> TO:
>      DSL Modem > router > NIC
>                           NIC
> 
>      Over
> 

When I change NIC's (By changing computers) I just need to Reset My 
Cable Modem.

Comcast Customer with a RCA DCM-315:
http://www.timewarnercable.com/centralny/customer/internet/DCM315.html>
(Not my ISP, just a good picture..)

MarkO




 
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