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MCSE - Ah this is simple. In the Netgear Router you will need to "spoof" theMAC address of your computer. Comcast's equipment is looking for yourNIC MAC address more than likely. MOst routers today offer thisfeature. Good Luck!John McHarry wrote in messagenews:telecom22.549.8@telecom-digest.org... S. Eng wrote: Case No: 241242319 Hi, My Netgear 814 was working fine with my old cable company. I moved, and my only choice is Comcast. I plugged everything in.. It worked for 2 minutes (my Eudora told me I have mail). But after that, it was 'server not found' every step of the way. I am using a Powerbook running OS X 10.2.6. Comcast refused to support routers. Netgear suggested I download the firmware upgrade. After doing this, I made sure my comcast connection is up and running before connecting to the router (i.e. using the wire). I removed the wired connection and plug in the Netgear cable. The middle light keeps blinking. I am not being assigned an IP. (I went into System Preference, Network. Then I change one of the settings, click apply, undo the change, click apply.. This should give me a new IP). Now I remove the Netgear cable, go into Systems Preference, change a setting, apply, undo the change, apply, and I am assigned a Comcast IP. Somehow, comcast is refusing to assingn an IP to the router. Any suggestion? In my network settings, I have show: use built in ethernet configure: using DHCP In the router, I have tried all 3 options for the Mac address. Thanks in advance. Some of the cable modems do a rather static ARP. I have had problems changing the NIC in my computer. You might try powering down the cable modem after you change from the computer to the router. That should cause it to do another ARP and see your router. If that doesn't help, tell Comcast you changed computers and now it doesn't work. Maybe their second level support knows how to reset the ARP table in the modem. For those who don't know, IP is sent over Ethernet enveloped in Ethernet frames which carry a MAC address which is coded into each device (NIC). When one IP speaker wants to converse with another on the link, the first thing it does is send an Ethernet ARP broadcast message that ask, "who has this IP address?" If another IP speaker has it, it responds with a message saying, "I do." This provides the corresponding MAC address which is then kept in a table and used for some time frame.
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