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Anonymous_User
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May 2, 2009
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Change WAN MAC Address possible?

  • May 2, 2009
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Hello All, I have a 50B model for home, and would like to change my MAC address for the WAN1 port. The reason is that my ISP fixes the IP with the MAC, and I thought it would be more " secure" to change the IP periodically... (And with my ISP settings, I would need any other MAC to do that... [:' (]) Can my 50B do that? Thanks

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    hidayet
    hidayet
    New Member
    May 2, 2009
    Hi aNewbie, I think we can change
    abelio
    SuperUser
    abelio
    SuperUser
    May 2, 2009
    The reason is that my ISP fixes the IP with the MAC, and I thought it would be more " secure" to change the IP periodically...
    so, do you resign a fix IP number for ' security' considerations? Humm.. it' s strange approach; if you would talk about just a pc exposed to the Net, maybe.. but you' ve a firewall (a good one) to take care about your network security without give up a valuable fix public ip number anyway, if you want modify MAC address for an interface, use CLI command: i.e. for wan1 
      config system interfase    edit wan1        set macaddr <mac_address>    next  end
    good luck
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    Anonymous_UserAuthor
    Contributor
    May 2, 2009
    Thanks abelio , I know I have a very good firewall, but just in-case, taking a step further as precautions...
    emnoc
    emnoc
    New Member
    May 4, 2009
    Hmm.... the mac_addr change after the 1st next-hop. How are you gaining more security? Sounds like a waste of time if you ask me.
    ede_pfau
    SuperUser
    ede_pfau
    SuperUser
    May 6, 2009
    Sounds more like someone is trying to circumvent provider data logging...not security but anonymity. Anyway, you' ll have to give your credentials on sign-up which usually lead to an IP address assignment anyway. Which enables IP tracking. With a public provider MAC-IP binding is at least uncommon if not unfeasable. Shed some light if you please on your real reasons. - w-b
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