On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:19:22 -0400, James Knott
<james.knott@rogers.com> wrote:

>Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>
>> No problem. Dive into your router and change the MAC address on the
>> "Clone MAC address" page. You can select almost any number you find
>> useful except that of the ISP gateway.

>Or one that's in use by someone else connected to the same ISP. Duplicate
>MACs are a no-no.

True. However, it happens often enough that many ISP's use the MAC
address for RADIUS authentication. If the MAC address is duplicated,
authentication fails. However, you're right. It will cause havoc if
the user picks a duplicated address. The chances of that happening
are small, but possible.




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