John Andersen wrote: > On Tuesday 23 January 2007 17:07, Greg Wallace wrote: > >>> Thanks, >>> Greg Wallace >>> >> I've been doing some googling on this and I'm still a bit confused. When >> you choose, for example, "Use This Mac Address", if that's not the mac >> address that the modem picked earlier (from, say, a different router) will >> it be accepted, or wouldn't you still have to re-boot the modem to get it to >> use that new address? Or am I still not understanding this process? >> > > First before you worry about this make sure your cable provider actually > imposes a requirement to use a specific mac address. If they don't, > and you never remember giving them a mac address before then just > don't worry about it. > > If for some reason you must provide a mac address, turn over your old > router and read the mac address off the bottom and key it in and select > use THIS mac address, which means the netgear is to pretend its mac > address was what you keyed in rather than what is burned in silicon inside. > > Really, this is very seldom necessary, unless you had a static IP or > something. > > Many systems, including the one I'm on, will only work with one MAC. However, changing it only requires turning the modem off for a few minutes and then on again.
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