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goalie1 · 03-08-03, 01:32 PM

Is your Belkin AP able to act as a firewall/router? If so, why don't you connect it directly to your cable modem (if your cable company requires you to register the MAC address of your PC's NIC, you might be able to tell the Belikin AP to impersonate your PCs MAC address so you wouldn't have to change the registration with the cable company). Anyway, this would greatly simplify your setup since you could remove the second NIC from your PC. Many problems I have seen over the years revolved around multi-homed (dual-NIC) machines (PCs or Servers). It just complicates things...

For what it's worth, my Netger MR314 wireless router/firewall is pretty good. I think they did away with the 314 and now have the same thing in a newer case, model MR814 - it's $84.95 (plus a $30 rebate!) at Microwarehouse.

Just a thought...

03-08-03, 01:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
goalie1 Aximsite Rookie Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 31 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Is your Belkin AP able to act as a firewall/router? If so, why don't you connect it directly to your cable modem (if your cable company requires you to register the MAC address of your PC's NIC, you might be able to tell the Belikin AP to impersonate your PCs MAC address so you wouldn't have to change the registration with the cable company). Anyway, this would greatly simplify your setup since you could remove the second NIC from your PC. Many problems I have seen over the years revolved around multi-homed (dual-NIC) machines (PCs or Servers). It just complicates things... For what it's worth, my Netger MR314 wireless router/firewall is pretty good. I think they did away with the 314 and now have the same thing in a newer case, model MR814 - it's $84.95 (plus a $30 rebate!) at Microwarehouse. Just a thought...