Bt Router Can I Sell It?

gunneradt · 10 February 2006 at 4:03PM

A MAC address is a code given to hardware that conects to the internet - sort of a unique identifier.

I doubt very much that the mac address is locked.

cymro1170 · 10 February 2006 at 4:10PM

James240 wrote:

whats a MAC address tigermatt? im preatty much up to speed with computers but never heard of this before

A MAC address is a bit like a serial number

tigermatt · 10 February 2006 at 4:17PM

Some ISPs do lock MAC addresses to stop you using other equipment except their own. Some more advanced routers allow you to change the MAC address they send, so your ISP thinks you are still using their equipment. The 205 doesn't let you do this though.

espresso · 10 February 2006 at 4:43PM

tigermatt wrote:

Some ISPs do lock MAC addresses to stop you using other equipment except their own. Some more advanced routers allow you to change the MAC address they send, so your ISP thinks you are still using their equipment. The 205 doesn't let you do this though.

I don't believe that ISP's lock MAC addresses to stop you using other equipment!

Some ISP's will only support a single MAC address i.e. you can only use one at any one time but this is not so that the ISP thinks that you are still using their equipment.

If you are using a router, supporting a single MAC address is not a problem.

espresso · 11 February 2006 at 10:17AM

@tigermatt

Can you give an example of an ISP who "lock MAC addresses to stop you using other equipment except their own" ?

Bt Router Can I Sell It?

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