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    Adding a mac to a network..

    Basically ive got a Belkin BEFSR41 router. It sucks up the cable connection i feed it and dishes it out to mine and my other flatemates pc. My other flatmate though has a mac and needs the net too. So my question is, will it be a simple jobby as it being a mac and just being able to plug in a ethercable from the router straight to the mac without configuring anything? Feedback would help loads.

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    anyone?

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    yep just plug in and go (assuming it's mac os x) it'll pick up all ip info from dhcp router (assuming it's dhcp)

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    Quote Originally Posted by joshwa
    yep just plug in and go (assuming it's mac os x) it'll pick up all ip info from dhcp router (assuming it's dhcp)
    I did this for the first time yerterday and I can confirm that it's just a case of pluging the cable in and it will work instantly Mac's are great!

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    Yup. Also you can reorder your ports 'priority' prefs in 'Networking' in Sys Prefs. For example you might want Ethernet to have higher priority over an existing Airport connection for the higher BW...etc etc. Some very nice features in there

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    thanks for the heads up guys. really appreciate it.

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