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Title: cloning a mac address
Post by: rkosiorek1 on January 11, 2006, 04:42:58 PM

my isp is Cogeco Cable. i have a static IP. the way this works with cogeco is that thier DHCP server binds my static IP to the mac address of the nic attached to the modem.

presently i an using a Linksys rounter and that IP is bound to the mac of the Linksys router.

i am trying to replace the linksys with sme 6.0.1. since the mac is different i can't connect. is there any way to get the SME server to spoof the address of the Linksys?

Title: cloning a mac address
Post by: xandersen on January 25, 2006, 08:08:40 PM

You cant spoof a Mac address, they are hard coded into the chips on the nic. I would call the company and give them the new Mac

Title: cloning a mac address
Post by: CharlieBrady on January 25, 2006, 08:34:27 PM

Quote from: "xandersen"

You cant spoof a Mac address

That's not true.

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, they are hard coded into the chips on the nic.

That is true, but that only supplies the default value.

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I would call the company and give them the new Mac

Yep, I believe that's the best solution. Search here for MACADDR if you want a more difficult solution.

Also, please don't post the same message to multiple forums. It just wastes people's time.