Billie Erin Walsh wrote: > James Knott wrote: > >> That simply doesn't make sense. The purpose of the MAC address is to >> enable devices to communicate over the local network and nothing more. >> Also, once you've passed through a router, the original MAC is replaced >> that of the router port you're going through. Cloning a MAC makes it >> easier to replace a device in a system that's configured to work with >> only one MAC, but that's all it does. >> > We "cloned the MAC address in the router", or at least that was the way > it was explained. The owner of the ISP used to work for IBM somewhere in > the tech end of things. We just followed his instructions. Other than > that I have no idea what it does. > >
Well, I've been working with communications systems, computers and computer networks for almost 35 years ( I was working with computer networks before Ethernet was available and before the IBM PC was even though of), including a few years in tech support at IBM and it still doesn't make sense. ;-) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
