11-01-2009, 04:02 PM
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Help Changing MAC Address
Is there any way to change the MAC address of the D-Link Gamerlounge DGL-4500 router?
I use Cox Communications and the modem/ISP looks at the MAC address of the connecting device to determine the IP.
I got a new IP by connecting one of my computers directly to the modem and restarting the modem, but when I reconnected the router, I got the same IP as I had before.
On my other D-Link router I had an option to change it, but I don't see it in this one.
The Router:
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...15&lid=1003777
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11-01-2009, 09:04 PM
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Look for the "MAC Clone" option.
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11-02-2009, 01:01 AM
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There's a "Clone Your PC's MAC Address" button on the 'Basic' tab on the router setup page, use that. The other option is to call the ISP and have them register the MAC of the router.
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11-03-2009, 02:50 AM
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ARP shows me that my router is 00-1e-58-f2-ee-d7.
In the router settings, Basic > Internet Options > Manual Config, it has 00-1e-58-f2-ee-d8 for the MAC Address.
Status > WAN shows 00:1E:58:F2:EE:D8
Status > LAN shows 00:1E:58:F2:EE:D7
I believe the "Clone MAC" is just for the modem's MAC address.. right?
Last edited by ChoboSeki; 11-03-2009 at 02:55 AM..
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11-03-2009, 09:49 AM
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No, that is used to clone the MAC address of the registered computer into the router. You can get the MAC of the computer by opening a command prompt, typing ipconfig/all, and looking at the Physical Address of the active Ethernet adapter. This is what you want. This will show that MAC address to the modem instead of the router's internal MAC.
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11-03-2009, 11:44 AM
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Clone MAC is to copy the MAC of your computer that the router sees to the WAN port of your router, which is what the modem sees. So if you hooked up your computer directly to the modem and got on, if you used the clone option your modem would think your router is the same device as your computer. If you've already found how to set it in Manual Config, you can use that too. Just so you're clear with everthing, the MAC address that the cable modem sees is your router's WAN address. Changing this will change what IP address the cable company assigns, and it will also require you to power-cycle your cable modem in order for it to allow communications with what it considers a new device. The LAN MAC address is what your computers see when communicating with the internal side of your router.
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11-04-2009, 06:12 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mojo
Clone MAC is to copy the MAC of your computer that the router sees to the WAN port of your router, which is what the modem sees. So if you hooked up your computer directly to the modem and got on, if you used the clone option your modem would think your router is the same device as your computer. If you've already found how to set it in Manual Config, you can use that too. Just so you're clear with everthing, the MAC address that the cable modem sees is your router's WAN address. Changing this will change what IP address the cable company assigns, and it will also require you to power-cycle your cable modem in order for it to allow communications with what it considers a new device. The LAN MAC address is what your computers see when communicating with the internal side of your router.
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That's awesome. I will be sure to try it next time I have to change my IP. I'll leave some feedback also. |
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11-06-2009, 12:29 AM
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Clone MAC address will work. You can connect the computer to the LAN port of your router. Log on to the router from the computer and click on the button clone mac address. This will change the existing MAC address of the router.
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11-06-2009, 01:56 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alexgw
Clone MAC address will work. You can connect the computer to the LAN port of your router. Log on to the router from the computer and click on the button clone mac address. This will change the existing MAC address of the router.
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It worked great.
My confusion was that the already set MAC address was my modem's (I believe..?)
Because it was different than what my router's actual MAC address was.
That's why I didn't think it would change the router's MAC. |
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