-----Original Message----- From: Sachin Divekar Sent: 04/11/2011, 20:37 To: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fedora 15 - Unable to connect to Internet (Lan-based SSV/24online)
On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:28 AM, Rony <[email protected]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > -To ensure interoperability: Some internet service providers bind their > > > service to a specific MAC address; if the user then changes their > network > > > card or intends to install a router, the service won't work anymore. > > > Changing the MAC address of the new interface will solve the problem. > ( > > > re-read this thread ) > > > > Could you expand on the interoperability part, on what is it and how > > does binding of MAC id help ensure that? > > > > This particular ISP (SSV) bind ethernet MAC address for authentication. So > according to > them if someone is using one machine then he must stick to that if he do > not have router. > > In the context above, what do you mean by the term 'interoperability' and > how does binding a mac id help an isp achieve that? > > sorry, "interoperability" was wrong word. proper term, *maybe*, would be "to ensure portability of the connection on more than one systems". and it is in context of user not ISP. I am rephrasing my wordings. For user, changing MAC ensures that he can use the internet connection which is bound to a specific MAC id, on more than one systems. Correct! Binding mac ids prevents interoperability and spoofing mac ids is a workaround over this device locking by isps. :-) Regards, Rony. -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
