On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Ward William E DLDN wrote: > On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 11:38, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > and? ... all that's connected to the cable modem is a single linksys > > hub. that's a single MAC address. what's the problem? > > Huh? A hub has >ZERO< MAC addresses. It's a simple line that > all of the devices which DO have a MAC address (i.e., a NIC, > a WAN port on a router, etc.) connect to. It's literally just and > electrical wire, with some minimal smarts. Even a SWITCH does not > have a MAC, >UNLESS< it's a managed switch. > > Now, a ROUTER would have a MAC address, especially if it's doing > NAT and MASQuerading... And I bet that's what you're really > talking about.
you're right, sorry, i misspoke. it's a linksys WAP router with 4-port switch. it hands out 192.168.1.1xx addresses to all internal hosts via DHCP. rday -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
