Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

NTL250 - extra connection

  • 05-03-2008 10:36am
    #1
    conky_05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 272 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Hopefully someone here can help !

    In our apartment we have one NTL250 modem currently that we use in one bedroom for a pc that's hooked up to a router which supplies a wireless connection for ourlaptop. There's another bedroom with an NTL point in the house - if another NTL250 modem is hooked up to this NTL point in the bedroom can this be used to directly supply the pc in the that room with the broadband connection? As in will two modems work ok in seperate rooms or will they interfere with each other or not?

    Help much appreciated !


Comments

  • #2
    Kensington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,683 ✭✭✭Kensington


    Yes they'll work fine and no they won't interfere with each other. Question though: why would you want two ntl modem's (and two seperate broadband subscriptions?) Surely you could run a Cat5e cable from the wireless router to this PC, or even buy a wireless card for the PC in the other room and connect it wirelessly? That way you'd only need one BB subscription (and one modem).


  • #3
    conky_05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 272 ✭✭conky_05


    Kensington wrote: »
    Yes they'll work fine and no they won't interfere with each other. Question though: why would you want two ntl modem's (and two seperate broadband subscriptions?) Surely you could run a Cat5e cable from the wireless router to this PC, or even buy a wireless card for the PC in the other room and connect it wirelessly? That way you'd only need one BB subscription (and one modem).

    Thanks for the reply Kensington.

    The cable idea is already a last resort, just that out apt is rather large, so it may be a bit of a job. Secondly, for whatever resons I have, I'd prefer that physical connection in my room, rather that wireless. We do have a spare modem (i.e were aware NTL don't give them out for free), so essentially we don't want another subscription, we just want to hook up the second modem, and use it with the existing subscription.

    Is this do-able ?


  • #4
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,499 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    You can't have a second modem on the same account as far as I'm aware.

    Anyway, if wireless is a problem in the appartment, why not give HomePlug a try? Most networking manufacturers make HomePlug adapters. Just plug one into an ethernet port on your wireless router, and plug the other one into the ethernet port on your PC (and plug both of them into the mains as well, of course!).


  • #5
    Kensington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,683 ✭✭✭Kensington


    Homeplugs are actually a very good idea, never thought of suggesting that :o.

    As regards the second modem though, nope - ntl will only allow you one modem per subscription. To use the second modem seperately, you'd have to get a second broadband subscription off them - I'm not even sure if they'd let you have two BB subscriptions on the one account.


  • #6
    conky_05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 272 ✭✭conky_05


    Kensington wrote: »
    As regards the second modem though, nope - ntl will only allow you one modem per subscription. To use the second modem seperately, you'd have to get a second broadband subscription off them - I'm not even sure if they'd let you have two BB subscriptions on the one account.

    But if we already have the second modem, cud we not hook it up without them detecting it ? The modems are widely available elsewhere apart from NTL.


  • Advertisement
  • #7
    conky_05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 272 ✭✭conky_05


    thaks for all the replies BTW

    will take everything onboard !


  • #8
    Kensington
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,683 ✭✭✭Kensington


    Nope, every time your modem boots up and attempts to log onto the ntl network, it transmits its MAC address (basically, a unique code for each modem) onto the network. If the network recognises the MAC address, it then downloads a file onto your cable modem which allows it to be assigned an IP address and sets up other things such as your upload and download speed and the channels which the modem downloads from, and uploads data to.

    If your second modem was once an on NTL BB package then they will have de-listed its MAC address for their network, essentially disconnecting that modem. If the modem was never used for NTL then its MAC address will never have been registered to begin with so will not be recognised either. Chances are if you connect up the modem, it will appear to connect to the network but will not actually allow any throughput of data.


  • #9
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,499 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    conky_05 wrote: »
    But if we already have the second modem, cud we not hook it up without them detecting it ? The modems are widely available elsewhere apart from NTL.
    No. NTL have to activate the modem in their system according to it's MAC address, so it wouldn't matter if it was one left over from an old NTL subscription or one you bought in a shop. There's no way NTL can tell that it's in your apartment either, so they couldn't tell whether it's you hooking it up, or some random person anywhere in your general area, and wouldn't know to associate it with your account.

    Edit: Aaargh .. kensington got in before me .. must learn to type faster :)


Advertisement