ok heres the q ok i want to trade modems with my friend now the q i have is if we change would i be connectiing under his ip coz its his modem or does it have nothing to do with the modem we are both on the optus@home network in australia
a) do you get fixed ips under that service?? b) did you register your modems mac adress when you first got it??
we can change the ip by unpluggin it and plugin it back in after 30sec then restarting i dont really no what u mean bout a mac addy but all i no is i plug the modem into my network card and setup ie to a lan connection and it works it also has usb connection its a motorolla sb4100 surfbaord ( thats the 1 i want )
if your isp is halfway decent you wont be gettin his ip adress as they should always be changing...so yes you shuold be able to swap it...
The MAC address is the 'unique' identifier for your item of hardware. Network cards, and indeed cable modems have them - anything on a network. Cable companies in the UK make you phone them up to 'register the mac address' before the telecomms companies end of things conciders your computer as legitimate, and will talk to it. I'm afraid I've no experience of how things are done down-under.
yeah somehow my MAC adress changed on my ISP's end out of the blue one day, and I couldnt connect until I called them and got it changed. Just Something to thing about
just another quick q with routers what do u plug into them the cable modem or the coax from the wall to the router
Usually you plug the wire from the wall into them, and then an ethernet cable into your hub if you have one. Most routers replace the cable modem completely; although i'm sure there are some which can be used with the modem, i know of an ADSL router that uses the alcatel usb modem.
kool well the technition said they need software at there end to run the modems on my end is this true or the they bull sh!ting me do u guys think i would be able to change my modem
you should definatly be able to change your modem but this wont make much of a difference.... as most modems have same upload and download speed....
they siad i need to get a gateway router if i was to do it coz they dont support normal router ( the 1s u plug in to the wall by then selves )
Switching modems??? Hummm.... Not sure why your switching your modem cause I don't see that change it will make. But to answer your question on routers in more detail. A router is used to split the connection that you have with more computers using the same ISP line. When using a router you'd need to configure the scheme that ISP provided for you. This will allow you to access w/o having to execute the software application your ISP provdes. Assuming that you have a Static address and hosting a web site it would be impossible to use a router with one line unless you have the proper NAT tools. Most server O/S come with "NATing" capablities. When I hope this shed's some light to your subject.
