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Mobile Broadband 11n Wireless Router MBR1000 User Manual
Table 5. Ethernet Broadband Settings Fields When Login Not Required (Continued)
Fields and Check Boxes
Router MAC Address
The following buttons are available:
3.
Apply. Apply the changes that you made.
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Cancel. Discard changes.
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Test. Connect to the NETGEAR website. If you connect successfully, your settings
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work, and you can click Logout to exit these screens.
Description
Your computer's local address is its unique address on your
network. This is also referred to as the computer's MAC (Media
Access Control) address.
Usually, select Use Default MAC Address.
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If your ISP requires MAC authentication, then select either
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Use Computer MAC Address to disguise the router's MAC
address with the computer's own MAC address, or Use This
MAC Address to manually type the MAC address for a
different computer.
The format for the MAC address is XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX. This
value might be changed if Use Computer MAC Address is
selected once a value has already been set in the Use This MAC
Address selection.
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