Network card question

[daveeb]

Hi all, i currently have BB through pace stb, using a network card on my old pc. Have just got a new pc which also has a network card. I dont want to use this new pc much for internet access, just occasionally to (for instance) register half life 2. I think i need to reboot the stb and pc to register the new network card initially, my question is do i have to re-register each nic every time i switch pc or is it a one off exercise after which both pc's will be recognised. thanks

its a one off exercise. i do beleive you will nned to reboot the STB though if you want to change PC that is connected to it.

[homealone]

you would have to powercycle the stb to get it to pick up the new NIC, each time - unless you used internet connection sharing, or a router

[daveeb]

Thanks guys.....shame its not the answer i hoped.

Originally Posted by homealone

you would have to powercycle the stb to get it to pick up the new NIC, each time - unless you used internet connection sharing, or a router

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Originally Posted by daveeb

Thanks guys.....shame its not the answer i hoped.

try cloning the MAC address from one PC onto the other. You might not have to reboot the STB if you change PC then. As i say MIGHT NOT, im sure i tried this once and it worked, however i cant really remember

[JohnHorb]

try cloning the MAC address from one PC onto the other. You might not have to reboot the STB if you change PC then. As i say MIGHT NOT, im sure i tried this once and it worked, however i cant really remember

Good idea, as long as the two PCs are not to be networked together, no reason it shouldn't work. Would be a problem, though, if the two PCs ARE to be networked together.