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Which MAC address is my router?

donawalt
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Which MAC address is my router?

In the web interface at orbilogin, if I go to Basic/Internet Setup, it shows the router MAC address ending in :8A. Yet, if I go to Advanced/Router Info, it shows a MAC address for the router identical except the last digits are :89. Does the router have two MAC addresses or something? I have not seen this before.

 

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Mikey94025
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Re: Which MAC address is my router?


@donawalt wrote:

In the web interface at orbilogin, if I go to Basic/Internet Setup, it shows the router MAC address ending in :8A. Yet, if I go to Advanced/Router Info, it shows a MAC address for the router identical except the last digits are :89. Does the router have two MAC addresses or something? I have not seen this before.


You are seeing differences in the MAC address for the WAN (to your ISPP) vs. the MAC address for your LAN (within your home network).  Here's another explanation: https://superuser.com/questions/1506247/why-is-my-router-mac-address-off-by-1-digit

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Mikey94025
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Re: Which MAC address is my router?


@donawalt wrote:

In the web interface at orbilogin, if I go to Basic/Internet Setup, it shows the router MAC address ending in :8A. Yet, if I go to Advanced/Router Info, it shows a MAC address for the router identical except the last digits are :89. Does the router have two MAC addresses or something? I have not seen this before.


You are seeing differences in the MAC address for the WAN (to your ISPP) vs. the MAC address for your LAN (within your home network).  Here's another explanation: https://superuser.com/questions/1506247/why-is-my-router-mac-address-off-by-1-digit

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donawalt
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Re: Which MAC address is my router?

Of course, thanks! Is the MAC address :8A under Basic/Internet/Router Address the WAN MAC, and Advanced/Router Information :89 the LAN MAC (since it is right above the 192.x.x.x internal IP address)?

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Mikey94025
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Re: Which MAC address is my router?


@donawalt wrote:

Of course, thanks! Is the MAC address :8A under Basic/Internet/Router Address the WAN MAC, and Advanced/Router Information :89 the LAN MAC (since it is right above the 192.x.x.x internal IP address)?


Yes.  You can also see the LAN MAC displayed for your Router's 192.x.x.x internal IP address with "arp -a" (this command also works in Windows cmd.exe).  I use Advanced in orbilogin.cmd, where ROUTER INFORMATION shows all the LAN info and the LAN MAC while  INTERNET PORT shows the WAN info and WAN MAC.

 

 

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