os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Messaggio archiviato #5707

Da:	"Lewis G Rosenthal" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>	Intestazioni complete Messaggio non codificato
Mittente:	"OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Oggetto:	[OS2Wireless] Road Runner (was: Re: [OS2Wireless] LinkSys WRT54G bridge help?)
Data:	Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:45:32 -0400
A:	"OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

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! -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------ Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLP, CLE Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC Accountants / Network Consultants New York / Northern Virginia www.2rosenthals.com eComStation Consultants www.ecomstation.com Novell Users Int'l www.novell.com/openenterpriseserver Need a managed Wi-Fi hotspot? www.hautspot.com ------------------------------------------------------------ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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