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Old 09-30-2006, 06:13 PM
Baloo
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Default Re: I have 2 wireless cards with the same MAC address at the hotel

FedUp wrote:

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> On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 13:35:49 GMT, Jette Goldie wrote:
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>> How can I have two working PCs with the same MAC address?
>> Why don't the packets get confused as to which computer to go to?
>>
>> Jette

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> Because the packets are not routed to a mac address they are route to an
> IP Address.


At the network level, maybe, but not at the data link level. You might want
to read up on the OSI 7 Layer Model before making such statements.

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