"News Reader" <no@email.invalid> wrote in message
news:f2ip4l$sgl$1@inews.gazeta.pl...[color=blue]
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> Hi,
>
>
> I have some questions about (former) NTL / Virgin Media cable broadband
> services.
>
> I understand that they now only supply a single ethernet port cable modem
> (i.e. / e.g. no more USB via a STB [not that that is strictly or at all
> relevant for my query / queries here as no STB would be likely to be in
> place - i.e. cable broadband only service [no TV, etc.]). Their modems /
> service used to bind itself to the first MAC it met - is this still the
> case?[/color]

This was never the case, you couldnt manually enter a the MAC address for
the ethernet ports you wanted to use, you had to connect the pc, reboot the
modem or tv box, and enter a registration URL that would update the box, and
the boxes could store a max of 3 units, but you could delete and add more
(this was just the way the firmware worked and it didnt limit anything)..

Ideally you would add a pc, remove the pc, add a router with the spoof'd MAC
of the pc and everything is fine.


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> Would, and I read more recently that resetting the MAC is no longer
> such an issue, it be possible ignoring anything to do with MACs anyhow, to
> route the modem ethernet connection through a hub or switch before it[/color]
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> its "one PC"? I.e. for cabling reasons (not any long enough cat5 cables so
> would need to have one from cable modem to hub / switch and then one out[/color]
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> that to the target PC).[/color]


as I said above, the ideal way is to get a router (one with a WAN port),
they are generally called Broadband Routers.. You dont need a "CAble Modem
Router" or a "ISDN/ISDN2 Modem router".. It's actually really really easy
to do and the instructions that ntl used to send out are really enough to do
what it takes.


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> Where is the best place / where are the best places for cable (more the
> broadband side) discussions? Their used to be many forums for cable
> broadband, cable modems, ntl cable chat generally.
>
> Any input greatly appreciated and gratefully received.[/color]

[url]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d.h.walker/[/url] is a good information site
ntlhellworld.com was taken over by ntl, and since virgions acquistion of ntl
95% of the support that ntl offer'd has now moved into a black hole
somewhere :/
digitalspy.co.uk would be a good place to go
and possibly cableforum.co.uk