Re: linksys wireless nic getting bad mac address from router?

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On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 16:43:32 -0700 (PDT), Dave Stevens
<geek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have a linksys wireless router, wrt54g 4-port. Two computers connect
nicely using d-link wifi cards. The third (using a linksys nic) can't
connect. When I first boot the PC (windows xp sp2) it can detect but
not connect to the wireless network. Workgroup is correct, router ssid
is detected correctly. Then the windows network manager claims there
are no networks in range, until I reboot. But there's a weird problem
(I think this is the cause):

the router Mac address is xxx.xxx.xxx.xxb, (cloned)
the wifi card detects xxx.xxx.xxx.xxc.

I don't see any way to tell the nic to use a different mac address and
the router needs to have the exact address it has because that is the
address registered with the ISP. Besides, the other PCs get the
address right no problem. This was a working setup until the router
was reset. I have been over the router setup and the card setup until
I'm blue in the face. Anyone have an idea? Places to look? Diagnostics
I can do?

Dave

I'm not sure what you're seeing on the problem PC. Where exactly do
you see this MAC address? The PC's wireless network adapter has its
MAC address permanently assigned to it at the factory. You don't
generally need to know a router's MAC address to get a PC to connect
to it through a wireless network adapter.

Is it possible that the PC is trying to connect to a neighbor's
wireless network instead of yours? What is your router's SSID? If
you haven't already done so, set the router's SSID to a unique name.
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