[Ready4Freddy]

Hey, it's all alphabet soup anyway, right? ;>)

BTW, one should note that the cloning of a MAC address (done via the router) is only necessary if you have a box on the inet side of the router, aka DMZ. Seems to be far more common for cable folks to need to clone the MAC.

[Publius6961]

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[Ready4Freddy]

R4F repeats to his own bad self:

"Seems to be far more common for cable folks to need to clone the MAC."

I guess that's because the cable co's record the MAC of the NIC they give you, and build that into your profile? The NIC MAC must then be cloned to the router to allow you to obtain an IP?

[Ready4Freddy]

R4F repeats himself once again....

"BTW, one should note that the cloning of a MAC address (done via the router) is only necessary if you have a box on the inet side of the router, aka DMZ."

So this would be wrong - if the approved MAC is outside the router, no need to clone. It's only if approved MAC is behind the router where cloning becomes necessary.