XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: alice.jones-donotspam@ptd.net   
      
   Jeff Liebermann wrote in message   
   rr1rabpeam8gf0e656aq02je5mb36jkpt1@4ax.com:   
      
   > A modem (modulator/demodulator) mostly lives on the VC or LLC bottom   
   > half of OSI Layer 2.  It does not usually have a MAC address normally   
   > associated with the top half of Layer 2.  The only reason modems have   
   > MAC addresses is because it's required by the LAN or management   
   > ethernet port.  Even so, the ISP will see the router MAC address, not   
   > the MAC address of the modem.   
      
   Hey! Maybe that's why Comcast *requires* a MAC address to be cloned   
   in my kid's router?   
      
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