From comments posted by other users, it appears that at least some of the techs know what's going on but they appear to be sworn to secrecy, so no one outside of Rogers has been given any reasonable explanation of what Rogers is up to. I know for a fact that even when devices are on a seperate base station, the MAC address is still required to be entered or the devices cannot get bast the router. The bigger problem is most likely the secret squirrel project that Rogers appears to have on the go. So, they do much more in the background than users might think.
DOCSIS modems do much more than just handle data packets, interacting with the CMTS for timeslot management and the performance requirements to do that at high speed and where applicable running proactive network maintenance applications to monitor the network and modems. If you do not have access to router admin interface (via telnet or webbased), use following method to find out router MAC address. It is a unique identifier attached to almost most all networking equipment such as Routers, Ethernet cards and other devices. The days of a simple modem, first in, first out are long gone, except for possibly a DSL modem? Don't quote me on the DSL modem however. MAC is acronym for for Media Access Control address.
#How to find mac address on router how to#
The MAC address in question should be the WAN MAC for the modem, but, as I indicated above, you should see that it doesn't work. How to find a router IP address on Mac Easiest way using Wi-Fi menu: Press Option and click Wi-Fi icon > Your Wi-Fi router IP address will be listed under the Router.
You'll should end up with no internet connection as the CMTS will see that there are two devices on the network with the same MAC address and reject the attempt to establish a path to the router.