Re: Cable modem, Router, Desktop and now Laptop
- From: NobodyMan <none@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:22:06 -0400
On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 18:51:41 -0400, "BBUNNY" <bbunny@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>"Ritter197" <Ritter197@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>| My daughter is using MYACTV in MD. and has all things working as far
>as the
>| desktop is concerned.
>| Now she wants to hardwire hookup a new IBM T43 laptop. She has the
>wire
>| running from the Router into the IBM Laptop, but something, I gues
>must
>| still be set up, because it does not connect yet to the Internet.
>|
>| If she uses the very same wire from the Router to the Desktop unit,
>all is
>| fine with Internet and E-mail.
>|
>| What else does she need to do? She is a computer newbie so give your
>answer
>| please in terms that she can understand and follow. She uses Windows
>XP Home
>| edition on both machines.
>|
>| Thanks a lot
>
>Buy another cat 5 wire. Leave the old cat 5 hooked to the PC. Hook the
>new
>wire to the laptop. The old wire is hunting for the address of the PC
>NIC not
>the laptop NIC. This is a simple issue made complicated by semantics.
>The
>best bet would be to get a _knowledgable_ friend to help out.
>
STOP! If this is your "good advice" please don't give out any more.
It makes no difference which computer you plug that single cable too.
Once you unplug it from the desktop, the router realizes it. When you
then plug it into the laptop, it queries the NIC, sees a different MAC
address, and realizes this is a different system. At that point it
issues a new IP address (assuming your router is acting as a DHCP
server).
Hopefully, you are not anybody's "knowledgeable" friend.
.
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