Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!dedibox.gegeweb.org!gegeweb.eu!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.021 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.96; '*S*': 0.00; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'that).': 0.09; 'subject:How': 0.10; 'jan': 0.12; '>in': 0.16; 'adapter': 0.16; 'does,': 0.16; 'message- id:@4ax.com': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'recorded': 0.16; 'roy': 0.16; 'subject:port': 0.16; 'sat,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'url:home': 0.24; 'source': 0.25; 'switch': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'installed': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'mode': 0.30; 'end,': 0.31; 'yes.': 0.31; 'handled': 0.32; 'charge': 0.33; 'ago': 0.33; 'mac': 0.33; 'could': 0.34; 'connection': 0.35; 'tech': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'received:76': 0.38; 'needed': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'hope': 0.61; 'establish': 0.61; 'first': 0.61; 'address': 0.63; 'different': 0.65; 'bridge': 0.65; 'direct': 0.67; 'smith': 0.68; 'connection.': 0.74; 'article': 0.77; 'subject:get': 0.81; 'dsl': 0.84; 'why?': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Dennis Lee Bieber Subject: Re: How to get Mac address of ethernet port? Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:22:39 -0500 Organization: IISS Elusive Unicorn References: <6a5ceb3f-021d-4acc-b618-ce53530fa2dd@googlegroups.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-76-249-25-240.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 X-No-Archive: YES X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1389543774 news.xs4all.nl 2917 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:60886 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:63780 On Sat, 11 Jan 2014 16:55:53 -0500, Roy Smith declaimed the following: >In article , > Chris Angelico wrote: > >> We had a connection set up a few years >> ago where the ISP tech recorded the source MAC into the far end, and >> only that MAC would work - so when I stuck in a different router, I >> needed to switch it to the old MAC before it could establish a >> connection. Stupid? Yes. Unusual? I hope so > >Actually, I think it's pretty common. > In my situation, the first thing I did with the router was "MAC address clone" of my desktop computer... Why? My ISP wanted [still does, I think] to charge $10/month for the privilege of a LAN vs direct single connection (worse, for the same router I already had owned). This way, if I did encounter problems, I would be able to bypass the router without appearing as a different NIC to the DSL adapter (granted, I might have had a different problem, as the adapter was in bridge mode and I never installed the PPPoE software on my desktop; my router handled that). -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/