"Mark McIntyre" <markmcintyre@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 18 May 2007 00:40:17 +0100, in uk.telecom.broadband , "News
> Reader" <no@email.invalid> wrote:
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>>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[/color]
>
> I think they're trying to phase out the STB with modem model, as most
> STBs won't handle 20Mbps.
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>>Their modems /
>>service used to bind itself to the first MAC it met - is this still the
>>case?[/color]
>
> Not been the case for several years. If you reboot the modem, it binds
> to the first mac it finds after the reboot, up to (I think ) a max of
> three different MACs in a 24-hour period.
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>>route the modem ethernet connection through a hub or switch before it
>>meets
>>its "one PC"?[/color]
>
> Sure, but pointless - you can't connect anything else to the hub.
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>>I.e. for cabling reasons (not any long enough cat5 cables[/color]
>
> You need some cat5 couplers. Cost about a quid each from maplin.
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Hi,


Thanks for your post and that later point is a very good one.

Not much point having a hub / switch sucking juice when a £1 coupler could
do the job better :).

Thanks again.


Best wishes,




News Reader

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