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AJR wrote:

> Does not compute! MAC is a hardware address "permanently burned-in" by the
> manufacturer. If Windows detects two identical MACS a system event log
> entry is generated and network connectivity cease.

Not necessarily. Some devices, such as some high end network cards and SOHO
routers, have the ability to set the MAC address. One of the MAC address
bits, IIRC, indicates whether the MAC was set by human intervention or the
one it shipped with.

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