Nigel Wade wrote: >It may well be that you can't get DHCP direct from your ISP because of other hardware in the way. and Keven Ring wrote: >Is the switch/hub [pick one, they are different.... :) ] really a Cable Modem/DSL ROUTER >[that is, on the original box, did it say either Cable Modem Router or DSL Router, or >both?]. Where the fibre-cable enters my house, I've three boxes on the wall. First it enters a box, model NIU-2D4TB from Dinh-Telecom (I couldn't find much info about it, except for the fact that Dinh-Telecom is a Belgian company). Where there is a label "-5dB/1dB", a coax cable exits and goes to a Motorola SB4200E SURFboard Cable Modem http://broadband.motorola.com/catalog/productdetail.asp?ProductID=180). From there a cable goes to a "5 Port Mini-Hub" (no model or vendor visible on the box). From there, 2 cables exit, one to PC1, the other to PC2. >Is [the Windows] PC1 getting an IP address from your ISP? Using the command "winipcfg" I get this information: adaptoradress: 00-03-E1-40-35-90 IP-address: 81.83.45.35 subnetmask: 255.255.254.0 Standard Gateway: 81.83.44.1 >How many leases have you purchased from your ISP? Have no clue... I subscribe to a service that allows me to have 2 PCs connected to the internet, each one with their own IP-address. For those who understand dutch, the product info page is: http://www.telenet.be/producten/internet/telenet_internet/duo/index.php ,and the installation layout is at http://www.telenet.be/producten/internet/installatie/installatie_duo_quattro/index.php It mentions that you only need a hub and no router, but no word about leases. >Did you purchase the cable modem? My ISP installed it, so I guess I lease it from them. So it seems that what you said (that my hub won't do Network Address Translation [NAT] and/or that my cable modem only allows for exactly 1 network card MAC address and completely IGNORES other requests) is happening. IF this is the case, I will likely go for option 2 you suggested (purchasing a 2nd Network Interface Card [NIC] (~$10-20 US) for PC2, connect the cable modem to the machine that has 2 network cards , connect the other card to the hub, set up NAT, install a Firewall, and possibly reset my cable modem.) Before I do this, are there any other checks that I can perform to know for certain that this is the case. And can somebody tell me in detail what this lease thing is. If we're positive, I will install the second NIC and tell how it goes, Thanks for the good support until now, and looking forward to the feedback, Jeroen PS: St0rM wrote: >However one line that is missing from his file that is in mine by default is " > ONBOOT='yes' " This tells the system to activate the interface at boot time. Sorry, my fault. It is in there, but I somehow didn't copy it. ___________________________________________________________ WIN FREE WORLDWIDE FLIGHTS - nominate a cafe in the Yahoo! Mail Internet Cafe Awards www.yahoo.co.uk/internetcafes
