-----Original Message----- From: Sachin Divekar Sent: 04/11/2011, 20:37 To: GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fedora 15 - Unable to connect to Internet (Lan-based SSV/24online)
On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:28 AM, Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
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-To ensure interoperability: Some internet service providers bind their service to a specific MAC address; if the user then changes their
network
card or intends to install a router, the service won't work anymore. Changing the MAC address of the new interface will solve the problem.
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re-read this thread )
Could you expand on the interoperability part, on what is it and how does binding of MAC id help ensure that?
This particular ISP (SSV) bind ethernet MAC address for authentication. So according to them if someone is using one machine then he must stick to that if he do not have router.
In the context above, what do you mean by the term 'interoperability' and how does binding a mac id help an isp achieve that?
sorry, "interoperability" was wrong word. proper term, *maybe*, would be "to ensure portability of the connection on more than one systems". and it is in context of user not ISP. I am rephrasing my wordings.
For user, changing MAC ensures that he can use the internet connection which is bound to a specific MAC id, on more than one systems.
Correct! Binding mac ids prevents interoperability and spoofing mac ids is a workaround over this device locking by isps. :-)
Regards,
Rony.
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Rony