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ChadTower:

I've had that issue more than once with the walled garden rejecting a new modem even with their network support on the phone watching it.  Took the guy 90 minutes to figure out what was going on.

HaRuMaN:
I just clone my MAC address on any new router to be the same as the old one...

ChadTower:

That won't help if it's the modem being rejected at the ISP.  The ISP won't care about your router's MAC unless it's a combo modem/router.

lilshawn:
lots of providers keep track of the MAC addresses of the connected equipment (particularly ADSL) this is so the modem can hand out the same IP addresses to the same computers, so when you do some firewall configuration to enable some game or file sharing, you don't have to keep re-configuring it every boot cause the IP it handed out changed. sadly some providers lock 1 or 2 IP addresses to you so if you change equipment, you need to reconfigure the equipment to either:

spoof the known MAC address to have the modem believe the same equipment is connected

or

clear (or change) the MAC table in the modem.

neither is easy if the provider doesn't want you to do it. usually if you call them up they can help you out by connecting to your modem remotely and re-configuring it.
 


I've used smoothwall with a multiport switch for years now with no issues.

i just drop the DHCP on the wireless router (or enable bridge mode) and plug it into my switch. easy peasy. the smoothwall takes care of the rest. (authentication ip addresses etc.)

if the wireless craps out i just swap it for another...if i need better reception, i add another one

I'm currently running 2 wireless units to cover the entire house. (basement and back of house) I need to add another to the front since the signal is a little weak from the basement unit (due to steel 2x4 construction) and rear to the front (due to...well, it's about 70 feet away)

so when i get the chance i'll grab another wireless router, disable the DHCP on it an plug it in. instant wireless.

kahlid74:
I'm not a big fan of wireless on the home routers.  I use AP's and trunk to them so I can maintain multiple SSIDs in both 2.4 and the 5 space.

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