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WN3000RP - purchase and review
I've been waiting for the WN3000RP since CES in January. Supposedly available but not seeing on any of the major web sites - Amazon, Frys Electronics, BestBuy. Have found on some web sites that not ...
Very interesting. However, I can't understand why NETGEAR needed to resolve using "virtual" MAC addressing. Each and every network component has its own, unique MAC address. The first 6 hex numbers are coded to be the identifier of the manufacturer. Thus, it would not make sense to add 2 to the first hex pair. In other NETGEAR devices consecutive numbers (e.q. adding 1 to the last hex number) are being used for internal MAC addresses. But maybe someone can shed light in this issue......
rlh wrote: The Extender sends a "virtual MAC address" to the Router, which is basically adds 2 to the first hex address pair, e.g. if the wireless device's MAC address is "10:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn", the virtual MAC address is "12:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn".