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Caffeinated
Joined: 11 Feb 2010
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 Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 5:30 am Post subject: Need login and password for router? |
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| The internet in my officetel was already set up on arrival. Just an ethernet cable to the wall setup (SK broadband according to the bills from the previous tenant) but I'd like to set up a wireless network. Is it correct if I can just plug the ethernet cable into a router instead of a computer to set up wireless? Or will I need login and password info from SK which I don't have? Or should I just cancel my current internet setup and get hooked up with a router from SK? |
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dazzed
Joined: 26 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 7:28 am Post subject: |
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| That is correct. You just need to insert the cable from the wall into your wireless router. |
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ladron
Joined: 20 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 8:58 am Post subject: |
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| Before doing that, plug the computer up to the router (not connected to the wall) and find the setting for "clone MAC address". After this, you can connect the router to the wall and whatever's on the other end of that cable will think the router is your computer. |
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Caffeinated
Joined: 11 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks! Didn't know about the clone MAC address thing before  |
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wormholes101
Joined: 11 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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| What is the point of cloning MAC address? How does it help? |
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Pangit
Joined: 02 Sep 2004
Location: Puet mo.
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| Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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| wormholes101 wrote: |
| What is the point of cloning MAC address? How does it help? |
The point of cloning the MAC address is to identify the machine with the ISP (Internet Service Provider) as the device that it should be connecting to. Your provider will associate the MAC address of the first device that connects to its servers with your account - people usually hook their computers up first. So, if the device that you first hook up happens to be your computer, then hooking the router up to the line won't result in full connectivty unless your router pretends to be your computer.
Personally, I prefer to use "ipconfig /release all" from a DOS prompt and then connect the router. This advice is especially useful if your router is in Korean.
If you didn't have to input a login and password to use it before, then you won't have to do it when you release and then plug your router in. |
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wormholes101
Joined: 11 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 12:23 am Post subject: |
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| Pangit wrote: |
| So, if the device that you first hook up happens to be your computer, then hooking the router up to the line won't result in full connectivty unless your router pretends to be your computer. |
So, cloning the MAC address, gives full connectivity. What does this do for me the user? e.g. I don't have to forward ports for various apps, faster speeds internet speeds...? |
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Pangit
Joined: 02 Sep 2004
Location: Puet mo.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 2:07 am Post subject: |
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Cloning the mac address is unecessary - it's only done if you can't figure out how to release in order to connect another device. For this, you drop to a command prompt (or open a dos window - whatever you wanna call it), and use the "ipconfig /release all" command.
Cloning the mac address does nothing but make the router pretend that it's your pc/laptop/whatever device you had the mistake of connecting to the ISP in the first place, when you plugged that device in. Once your router is connected, you will still have to forward ports if your router is used for more than one device.
My opinion is that if you've ony got one device, there's really no reason to use a router. Unless, I suppose, you're using it for wireless. |
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wormholes101
Joined: 11 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:46 am Post subject: |
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| thx for your replies. i guess cloning the mac address isnt as useful as it sounds. i've never had a problem releasing an IP or using the dos command thing, so... |
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