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morriswindgate · 10-20-2002, 12:08 AM

In the Router manual you will find the router's IP address. Open IE and then hit Stop.
Type in the router's address.
Go into the setup and make sure that DCHP is enabled.
Go to the MAC address section and put a check in the Clone MAC address or hit the Clone button.
You should have it.
Make sure that you have DCHP enabled on the NIC Card First and that TCP/IP is loaded for the NIC.
You also may want to do a rest on the router prior to doing the above so that it goes back to the defaults.
Although the router manual can look imposing with all the pages and terminology. They are pretty much plug and go, with the exception of Cloning the MAC. Just ignore all the manual setting directions for entering addresses, and follow the manual step by step. Most of the setup will be look at the Routers IE page and go to the next step. I would say that 98% of the pages in the manual do not apply to hooking a router to cable. So don't let it imtimadate you. And remember if you enter any numbers for the NIC or Router you are doing the setup wrong. Manual addressing is only used when you have a problem with the address conflicting with another device (Not the Modem). In the case I had it was because of a switch that was in the complex that was conflicting.

10-20-2002, 12:08 AM	#10
morriswindgate Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Bakersfield,CA Posts: 7,761	In the Router manual you will find the router's IP address. Open IE and then hit Stop. Type in the router's address. Go into the setup and make sure that DCHP is enabled. Go to the MAC address section and put a check in the Clone MAC address or hit the Clone button. You should have it. Make sure that you have DCHP enabled on the NIC Card First and that TCP/IP is loaded for the NIC. You also may want to do a rest on the router prior to doing the above so that it goes back to the defaults. Although the router manual can look imposing with all the pages and terminology. They are pretty much plug and go, with the exception of Cloning the MAC. Just ignore all the manual setting directions for entering addresses, and follow the manual step by step. Most of the setup will be look at the Routers IE page and go to the next step. I would say that 98% of the pages in the manual do not apply to hooking a router to cable. So don't let it imtimadate you. And remember if you enter any numbers for the NIC or Router you are doing the setup wrong. Manual addressing is only used when you have a problem with the address conflicting with another device (Not the Modem). In the case I had it was because of a switch that was in the complex that was conflicting. Last edited by morriswindgate; 10-20-2002 at 12:16 AM.