AT&T Broadband

will willg at bluesock.org
Thu Feb 14 16:45:57 EST 2002


But not all routers do that.  The folks I've talked to don't really 
understand what they're saying--they're probably just going off of 
problem-solving worksheets or something.

I'm just telling you what they told me.  She was really huffy about it 
too.  They're a difficult bunch to talk to.


On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> 
> 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.
> > 




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