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====== MAC Address ====== | ====== MAC Address ====== | ||
- | The MAC Address menu has settings to let you electronically change the Mac (Media Access Control | + | The MAC Address menu has settings to let you electronically change |
- | Note that this function does not change the hardware | + | |
+ | Note that this function does **not** change the factory-assigned | ||
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+ | For common device names in FreshTomato, | ||
**WAN Port:** In this field, you can enter any valid MAC Address to be assigned to the WAN interface. | **WAN Port:** In this field, you can enter any valid MAC Address to be assigned to the WAN interface. | ||
- | * Default: This option leaves the MAC Address as the fixed factory hardware address burned in to the device' | + | |
- | * Random: | + | * Random: |
- | * Clone PC: Choosing this option | + | * Clone PC: This assigns the same MAC Address used by the interface of the client |
- | Many cable-based Internet providers authorize your cable modem based on its MAC address. Every DOCSIS cablemodem has a unique address. When your modem syncs with the Internet provider, the Internet provider will either grant or deny it access to the network | + | **Note:** Starting with FT release 2021-8, WAN Port will use a different/ |
- | Some cable companies, for some reason, also authenticate the network card in your computer. First it will authenticate the Cable Modem, and then when your computer attempts to get online, they' | + | __Set wanX macs after wireless VIFs (all in one line now):__ |
- | This is why most cable routers have a **"MAC Address Clone" | + | |
+ | * wan2 => eth0 mac +17 | ||
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- | \\ | + | * Default: This option leaves the fixed, factory-assigned MAC Address as \\ the interface' |
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+ | * Clone PC: This assigns the same MAC Address used by the interface of the client \\ currently connecting | ||
- | **Wireless Interface eth2: **In this field, you can enter any valid Mac Address to be assigned to wireless interface | + | **Wireless Interface eth2: **In this field, you can enter any valid MAC Address to be assigned to wireless interface |
- | **Wireless Interface wl0.1: **In this field, you can enter any valid Mac Address to be assigned to wireless interface wl0.1 | + | * Default: This option leaves the fixed, factory-assigned MAC Address \\ as the interface' |
+ | * Random: This assigns a random MAC Address to the device interface. | ||
+ | * Clone PC: This assigns the same MAC Address used by the interface of the client \\ currently connecting to FreshTomato' | ||
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+ | **Wireless Interface wl0.1: **In this field, you can enter any valid MAC Address to be assigned to wireless interface wl0.1 (typically the first wireless VLAN). | ||
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+ | * Default: This option leaves the fixed, factory-assigned MAC Address as \\ the interface' | ||
+ | * Random: Choosing this option assigns a random MAC Address to the device | ||
+ | * Clone PC: This assigns the same MAC Address used by the interface of the client \\ currently connecting to FreshTomato' | ||