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 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·AT&T Midwest
| Re: Is Router Mac Address/Name used by wireless client? My firewall software complains if I switch routers. Specifically, it tells me that I have connected to a new network and asks whether to treat this as a public network or a trusted LAN. It is using the MAC address of the router to detect the change.
The Windows Vista firewall also notices the change, but it allows me to "merge" the two networks (treat them as one network).
This does not answer your question. But I think it makes clear that firewall software may be using the router MAC address as an indicator as to whether you have moved the computer to a new network. If the firewall does that, I would expect it to go into its most restrictive settings until you tell it otherwise.
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AT&T Uverse; Zyxel NBG334W router (behind the 2wire gateway); openSuSE 11.0; firefox 3.0.14 |
Is Router Mac Address/Name used by wireless client?
