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Dial Up And MAC Addresses
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| Hi all.
Just wondering if dial-up modems have MAC addresses like NIC's do. According to many I've spoken to, dial-up modems don't have MAC addresses, but when I run "winipcfg", I have a MAC address.
Can someone please explain? Thanks in advance. | |
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| dial-up modems can have MAC addresses. and dial-up adapters can generate MAC addresses.
the following is from http://www.cs.ruu.nl/wais/html/na-d...faq/part08.html
The Dial-up Adapter generates a "fake" MAC address (a 48-bit number representing an Ethernet address) so that protocols designed for Ethernet will work on it, such as IPX. It will generate a random number for the MAC address each time you dial in. This happens REGARDLESS of what protocol you dial in with.
hope this helps.
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Originally posted by firechicken:
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but when I run "winipcfg", I have a MAC address.
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AFAIK "winipcfg" shows the MAC address of the NIC in your W95/W98 station.
Cheers!
[This message has been edited by dmaftei (edited 01-28-2001).] |
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