-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have seen this before on low end NICs. Factory shipped with the same MAC.
Mark Carlson wrote: > On 5/25/06, Dave Watkins - CLUG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hmmmmmm….. >> >> If you can give me a valid reason why I would want to change the license >> plate number on my car I'll tell you how to change your MAC address. >> >> I haven't thought of one. > > I wrote this before, but it was slightly too off-topic until now. > > I know this is not exactly about license plates, but here goes: > > If someone else had the same license plate, you'd want to change yours > so nobody confused the both of you. :-) > > I know two people who have had duplicate MAC addresses cause > hair-pulling-network-debugging-madness. One, several years ago, > bought some NICs off of eBAY from different locations (east and west > coast USA, IIRC.) When he plugged them in, they had the same MAC > address and wouldn't work. > > The other purchased >20 wireless APs locally and when he went to set > up the network for one of his clients two of the APs wouldn't work > properly... because they had the same MAC address. > > So there you have it, not specifically a reason to change your license > plate, but a very valid reason as to why MAC addresses are, and should > be, changeable. > > -Mark > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEdf0RwRXgH3rKGfMRApClAJ95PPJF7KwrAZJBdOSOQyH/o8rYCACeLNVf 5ZyohzWaINPILA8vOOT3ZTU= =04fN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
