paddy 17 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 ok, i have a work laptop that i have connected to the internet (wired conn) with no problems at all, now i have a new laptop which i pluggen in for the first time a few days ago, (once again wired) the new one goes straigh on with no problems but the work one i have will not!! i get the yellow triangle saying 'local connection only' i think i may have clicked something when plugging my new one in for the first time, now this is causing all sorts of problems and is peeing me off, any help appriciated cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake 0 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Which ISP? Do you use a router? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy 17 Posted November 28, 2008 Author Share Posted November 28, 2008 i'm with virgin, and its just a wired modem, i need to wait for a wireless one as i have just taken it over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake 0 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Switch the modem off, leave it for 10 seconds then switch back on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 If it's Virgin, the router will need the MAC address to be 'cloned' from the wired PC that works. To find out the MAC address of the PC, open up a command prompt and type: ipconfig /all <RETURN> Make a note of the 'Physical Address' noted under Ethernet Adapter Local Area Connection. Then log onto the console of your router, and change the MAC address of the router to the same as that of your wired machine. It may be in a section called 'MAC Address cloning'. If not, you can always google the model of router and ask about MAC cloning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Switch the modem off, leave it for 10 seconds then switch back on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake 0 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 If it's Virgin, the router will need the MAC address to be 'cloned' from the wired PC that works. To find out the MAC address of the PC, open up a command prompt and type: ipconfig /all <RETURN> Make a note of the 'Physical Address' noted under Ethernet Adapter Local Area Connection. Then log onto the console of your router, and change the MAC address of the router to the same as that of your wired machine. It may be in a section called 'MAC Address cloning'. If not, you can always google the model of router and ask about MAC cloning. He hasn't got a router Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6682 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 He'll have something as the Virgin modem has only one ethernet link. Virgin do seem to register accounts against one MAC address Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy 17 Posted November 28, 2008 Author Share Posted November 28, 2008 If it's Virgin, the router will need the MAC address to be 'cloned' from the wired PC that works. To find out the MAC address of the PC, open up a command prompt and type: ipconfig /all <RETURN> Make a note of the 'Physical Address' noted under Ethernet Adapter Local Area Connection. Then log onto the console of your router, and change the MAC address of the router to the same as that of your wired machine. It may be in a section called 'MAC Address cloning'. If not, you can always google the model of router and ask about MAC cloning. this is me we are talking about!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake 0 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 He'll have something as the Virgin modem has only one ethernet link. Virgin do seem to register accounts against one MAC address I was assuming he had one ethernet cable and was swapping the two computers over, hence the modem reboot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy 17 Posted November 28, 2008 Author Share Posted November 28, 2008 He'll have something as the Virgin modem has only one ethernet link. Virgin do seem to register accounts against one MAC address I was assuming he had one ethernet cable and was swapping the two computers over, hence the modem reboot i do have one cable and did sqap computers over!!! i have the code thing that Craig mentioned what next?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake 0 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 He'll have something as the Virgin modem has only one ethernet link. Virgin do seem to register accounts against one MAC address I was assuming he had one ethernet cable and was swapping the two computers over, hence the modem reboot i do have one cable and did sqap computers over!!! i have the code thing that Craig mentioned what next?? Have you reset the modem yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy 17 Posted November 28, 2008 Author Share Posted November 28, 2008 cheers guys, reset modem and it works how much of a dick am I !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake 0 Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 Switch the modem off, leave it for 10 seconds then switch back on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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