On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 9:24 AM, eckinator <eckina...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2010/6/21 Adam Maas <a...@mawz.ca>: >> >> [...] Since current WiFi tech is based off of Ethernet, your >> wireless adapter will have a MAC address (which may be >> shared with the ethernet port or unique to the wifi controller). > > The latter would be el cheapo in the worst way as you wouldn't be able > to have connections open on wired and wireless LAN at the same time. I > doubt that even exists to be honest. > Cheers > Ecke >
Actually it's not terribly cheap and doesn't prevent you having wired and wireless connections unless your WAP is very cheap and functions as a bridge rather than a proper access point (with a separate wireless segment). MAC addresses need to be unique on the network segment, not globally (they are assigned as globally unique to ensure this, but don't actually have to be). Most hardware has at least limited MAC reassignment capabilities these days and it's a waste of MAC address space to assign two MAC addresses to the same piece of silicon so it sometimes doesn't happen. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
