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Retired_Member
Dec 01, 2015change MAC address on N450
I added to a year+ old post but it looks like it didn't update, so I apologize if this is double posted somehow. Can you manually change the MAC on this device? I could with my very old router, b...
vkdelta
Dec 01, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
Is this a N450 cable modem router?
Retired_Member
Dec 01, 2015yes
- vkdeltaDec 01, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
if you are thinking about HFC CM MAC, It is not changeable.
all the ISP provisioning is done based on CM MAC.
- Retired_MemberDec 01, 2015
Sorry, I don't know what that means.
In the Vonage router, I go in to the settings, change the MAC. Unplug. Replug and the ISP generates a new IP.
Can I do that with this router? If not, do you have a product that can?
Secondly..... If I use the new router with the old set up, why do I get dial tone in Vonage but no network connectivity?
- vkdeltaDec 01, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
No, I am not aware of Cable gateways doing it. even if they have an option it does not work on an ISP network properly.
can you please tell me how you are trying to connect the device? that will help me to answer questions.
N450 is a router with NAT functionality, so you should be able to connect multiple device behind it unless you switched to Bridge mode.
Is this this way?
N450 ---- port-1 ----> PC
------port-2 -----> Vonage