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Originally Posted by stripes
Hello all.
I have a Mac running through a Belkin 4-port wired router to cable modem, and IT WORKS well, and has for 9 months or so.
We've recently acquired a 2nd hand Mac laptop, and I want to plug it in to the router to access the www. Should I be aware of any pitfalls, or is it just a question of plugging it in and off we go?
(Just a by the way: I have a router purely because I had enormous problems with ntl/virgin who wouldn't accept that I couldn't bypass their old MAC lock, and the only work-round was to buy and install a router, which fooled them and worked).
Thanks.
Allen.
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Hi
I am vivek, just connect u r mac computer with Ethernet or rj-45 to wired router..and u will be able to go online..
I not, once connected check the ip add..
click apple icon, system preference, network, then under configure select Ethernet adapter, under TCP/IP select using DHCP, and router will give ip address in the range 192.168.2.X and mask as 255.255.255.0 and router as 192.168.2.1.. .
You will be abel to go online, if router is connected to internet ..
Not to worry about firewalls..
thnx
vivek