Nope, shouldn't matter. The cable internet connection DOES NOT know what computer is hooked up to it, not do you need any special software, setup etc. to hook up another computer to the incoming connection. The company may come up with some BS just to get a service call and squeeze some bucks from you but don't bite. My current home network has 6 computers hooked up to it - 2 Linux boxes, 2 XP laptops, 1 Windows 2000 PC and 1 Win98 PC and they all connect to the internet and to each other just fine.
Here's what you should do.
Hook up your computer to the connection.
Go to start > run.
1. In the box, type in: CMD and hit ENTER.
You should get an MSDOS-like command prompt that says c:\> or something like that.
2. Type in: IPCONFIG/RELEASE and hit ENTER.
Wait for a few seconds - it will think for a bit and return a bunch of things like: Ethernet Adapter Local Connection: blah blah
and IP Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx should be a bunch of numbers - should be all zeros at this stage.
3. Type in: IPCONFIG/RENEW and hit ENTER.
Wait for a few seconds - it will return the same screen as before but this time, the local connection adapter will have a bunch of numbers - that's your IP address.
4. Launch your explorer or firefox or whatever and see if you can make a connection. It should work at this point.
Post or PM me if it doesn't. This shouldn't be very hard to figure out.
None of that will work in a cable system...As I said before it uses the SUBSCRIBER'S MAC address for authentication. You need another router with ethernet ports on it to spoof your father's MAC address on to. That is all.
None of that will work in a cable system...As I said before it uses the SUBSCRIBER'S MAC address for authentication. You need another router with ethernet ports on it to spook your father's MAC address on to. That is all.
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