AT&T Broadband

[gaf at heli-vets.net (Jerry Feldman)]

That is why you set the Router's WAN MAC address to the primary PC MAC address. If there is a 
problem with the router, just take it offline. 


On 14 Feb 2002 at 15:30, will wrote:

> 
> They want both your router MAC and your NIC MAC because they don't support
> routers and if they have to trouble-shoot your connection (which they
> couldn't do on a perfect day anyways), they tell you to take your router
> out of the picture.  They privision both MAC addresses for this
> possibility.
> 
> 
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> 
> > They only need the MAC address that they can see. But, you can have multiple systems on a 
> > network behind a hub. 
> > 
> > My suggestion is to set you router up with the same MAC address as your primary PC. 
> > On 14 Feb 2002 at 16:14, junk wrote:
> > 
> > > I have been a customer of AT&T Broadband / MediaOne in Cambridge since 1999.
> > > 
> > > I have just moved to a different AT&T Broadband city and had just had a
> > > 'Basic Installation' done - this is where the cable contractor just brings
> > > in the line from the pole, check for a good connection to the modem and then
> > > leave. When I called in for activation, I was asked for the MAC address for
> > > my NIC. When I told them I was using a router - the guy at AT&T said that
> > > then he would need the MAC addresses of the NIC as well as the router.
> > > 
> > > My question is this:
> > > 
> > > Is the AT&T person simplly just needed to fill out all the blanks on his
> > > form, or is AT&T now doing something with the MAC address of the NIC? I have
> > > been swapping differenet boxes running all sorts of OS's behind the router
> > > without any problem.
> > > 
> > > Just curious.
> > > 
> > > 
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