Mailing List os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #5705

From:	"Will Honea" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>	Full Headers Undecoded message
Sender:	"OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Subject:	Re: [OS2Wireless] Road Runner (was: Re: [OS2Wireless] LinkSys WRT54G bridge help?)
Date:	Mon, 8 Oct 2007 12:11:31 -0600
To:	"OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

** Reply to message from "Lewis G Rosenthal" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:45:32 -0400 > On 10/08/07 11:38 am, Lothar Frommhold thus wrote : > > Hello all: > > > > I want to set up a WLAN at home using Roadrunner or similar and cable. > > Roadrunner will support Windoze operating systems only and I wonder if > > one can use eCS 2.0 and get it to work (2 laptop computers plus 1 > > printer). I have currently a DSL WLAN up and running (but find the > > connections to be unreliable and flaky). Would the same (or similar) > > setup be working with the Roadrunner cable modem? Any help you could > > give me is much appreciated. > > > Hi, Lothar. While most everyone has already addressed your issue, let me > just add a couple other points to bear in mind: > > 1. (For everyone else on this list.) Road Runner is typically a cable > setup. In the northeast US, it is marketed by Time Warner and a > couple other cable companies. > 2. Broadband Reports regularly give RR good write-ups; the > performance is acceptable, and usually reliable (though in some > cases, both may be slightly untrue; I've had some issues in the > past couple years with Time Warner's RR offering - erratic > bandwidth and long service delays). > 3. Some cable installations require (as Al has pointed out) a MAC > address to associate with your account. Often, this is transmitted > to the provider via an ActiveX control installed under IE, thus > requiring a Win32 machine. Usually, however, you may walk through > this with tech support if you do not have a Win system online, and > the MAC is typically available on a sticker on the underside or > back of the cable interface adapter (or "modem," as most of these > companies like to call them - including Motorola; I've since given > up on explaining to the level 1 tech people why it's not a modem...). > 4. In order to obtain a DHCP lease (address), it is sometimes > necessary to clone the MAC address of one of your wired machines > into your router (not the Road Runner interface, but your own > router/firewall behind it, such as a LinkSys WRT54G). If you find > that you simply can't obtain an address, check this out. > 5. Further to #4, remember that as you will likely only get a single > DHCP address, it is usually necessary to power down your cable > equipment when switching to a different piece of hardware (unless > you clone the MAC address). You may need to remain offline for a > couple of minutes for your lease to expire and be able to obtain > another one for the "new" hardware. This is normal, and probably > similar to your experience with DSL hardware (assuming you're not > using PPPoE or static addressing). > > Good luck, and let us know how your new connection works out! Items 4. and 5. are moot since you are using a router to connect to the modem. In the last 2 weeks I've done what you want to do with Qwest DSL, RR cable, and a local wireless supplier. All 3 use different "modems" but that is totally transparent to anything past the router. Make that 4 systems - the only one I had to do anything to besides entering the account id and password was a local cable company that Comcast bought out. That one wanted the MAC address of the ethernet card they provided and it took a phone call to get it set to the MAC address of the ROUTER instead of the ethernet card they provided. I used an old Linksys BEFW1164 router on one and a Netgear $25 fry's special on the Comcast line - both routers were smart enough to handle the negotiations once they had the required data. Only one service wanted the MAC address - the others wanted only an account ID and password. The laptops and other boxes never knew the difference other than having to force the 24/7 units to get a new DHCP lease to get a pass-thru DNS address. -- Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <os2-wireless_users-off@2rosenthals.com> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <os2-wireless_users-digest@2rosenthals.com> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <os2-wireless_users-index@2rosenthals.com> Send administrative queries to <os2-wireless_users-request@2rosenthals.com> To subscribe (new addresses), E-mail to: <os2-wireless_users-on@2rosenthals.com> and reply to the confirmation email. Web archives are publicly available at: http://lists.2rosenthals.com This list is hosted by Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC P.O. Box 281, Deer Park, NY 11729-0281. Non- electronic communications related to content contained in these messages should be directed to the above address. (CAN-SPAM Act of 2003) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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