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JCB · 11-17-2001, 06:40 PM

Heres the deal. Ive got a comp with a cable connection and my bro has a comp with a phone modem to connect to the internet. I put a nic in his comp so that we can lan out some games. I want to reinstall windows on his comp and use the nic on his comp so that I can temporarily connect his comp to the internet through my cable modem so that I can get the latest windows updates, update av software, etc. But his comp wont respond when connected to my cable modem. Is there something that I need to do so that it will connnect? Is there something unique about my nic like a mac address or something?

11-17-2001, 06:40 PM	#1
JCB Member (9 bit) Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Grayson, GA Posts: 335	Cant connect to internet with diffrent NIC Heres the deal. Ive got a comp with a cable connection and my bro has a comp with a phone modem to connect to the internet. I put a nic in his comp so that we can lan out some games. I want to reinstall windows on his comp and use the nic on his comp so that I can temporarily connect his comp to the internet through my cable modem so that I can get the latest windows updates, update av software, etc. But his comp wont respond when connected to my cable modem. Is there something that I need to do so that it will connnect? Is there something unique about my nic like a mac address or something?