Carl,
I have used a variety of firewall routers behind a couple different
Comcast
cable modem over the years, sometimes even swapping between two different
units several times within a couple hours, and I have never needed to
clone a
MAC address. Is this something that you have done from necessity?
StephenC
> FWIW I've been using a BelkinG+ for a couple years now and it works just
> fine. I did "clone" the MAC address to keep Comcast happy :-)
>
>
>
> In article <0001HW.C3587C0C07A5E5B6F02845B0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Stephen C. <nobodyNOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 11:59:23 -0800, ns wrote
>> (in article <20071107145925.651$Zi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
>>
>>> First, I have 3 straight days called Belkin to ask a general question.
>>> I simply cannot (3 differant csr's) understand them. Nor do any of the
>>> newsgroups seem to be what I'm looking for.
>>>
>>> I'm waiting for Verizon to send their modem etc. In the meantime a
>>> associate is letting me be online with my Macbook using his Verizon
>>> Wireless Account.
>>>
>>> I have a Belkin Wireless Router. Is there any point in setting it up?
I
>>> haven't tried to and really don't know if possible. His setup is
pretty
>>> secure and I have my firewall on and file sharing off and the vault
and
>>> master password in force.
>>
>> Networking, including wireless networking, is standards based. That
means
>> that each manufacturer should be making their product interchangeable
with
>> any other manufacturer. And for the most part that is true. So for
basic
>> wireless networking, you should be able to get the Belkin to work with
your
>> computer.
>>
>> Most problems arise from user inexperience, and from non-standard
naming
>> conventions between manufacturers. The same functionality might go by
three
>> different names from three different manufacturers. Occasionally a
>> manufacturer will throw in a non-standard wrinkle that can cause a
>> connection
>> problem.
>>
>> If you set up the wireless router, make sure you use the highest level
>> encryption available.
>>
>>>
>>> I am using the administer however. Would it be better to setup another
user
>>> and use it?
>>
>> Most people agree that it is safer to use the admin account only for
>> changing
>> configurations, and that you should set up a separate user level
account
>> for
>> daily use.
>>
>> StephenC
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks again for any help.
>>>
>>> Regards..........
>>>
>>>
>
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