What does a MAC code look like?

If I log in to my router and then select Router Status from its options I
get two values for "MAC Address" - one under a section titled "ADSL Port"
and another under "LAN Port".

The values are each of the form: nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn

(The ADSL section also shows my current IP address.)
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On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:51:29 UTC, Richard H <Richard.H@invalid.invalid> 
wrote:

> What does a MAC code look like?

No such thing as a 'MAC code'. Just a symptom of RAS syndrome.

I take it you mean a MAC. In broadband terms, that's a Migration 
Authorisation Code (MAC). Not a Migration Authorisation Code code!

No idea what it looks like, as I'm still with my original ISP after 
about 6 years.

(I wouldn't have answered, but the following really needs clarifying).

> If I log in to my router and then select Router Status from its options I
> get two values for "MAC Address" - one under a section titled "ADSL Port"
> and another under "LAN Port".

This is something totally different. Here, MAC stands for 'Media Access 
Control' and is the unique hardware-based network address of the device 
interface. There are two here because it's a router and has two network 
interfaces. 
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"Richard H" <Richard.H@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:C47EDF81.253A60%Richard.H@invalid.invalid...
> What does a MAC code look like?
>
> If I log in to my router and then select Router Status from its options I
> get two values for "MAC Address" - one under a section titled "ADSL Port"
> and another under "LAN Port".

Thats because there are two MAC addresses, one on the LAN (Local Area
Network) side and another on the WAN (Wide Area Metwork or Internet) side of
the router.  They take the form of something like 01:23:45:67:89:ab These
MAC addresses are 'Media Access Control' Addreses.

'Media Access Control' Addreses are not to be confused with a MAC code that
you would request from your ISP when wanting to move to another broadband
service.  These are Migration Authorisation Codes and are in the form of,
BBIP87654321/AB12C for example.

Hope that helps.

Richard H wrote:

> What does a MAC code look like?
>
> If I log in to my router and then select Router Status from its options I
> get two values for "MAC Address"

Different thing entirely.

Graham

On 18/06/2008 4:34 pm, in article 6bso86F3cnrj9U1@mid.individual.net, "John
Morris"  wrote:

> 
> "Richard H" <Richard.H@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:C47EDF81.253A60%Richard.H@invalid.invalid...
>> What does a MAC code look like?
>> 
>> If I log in to my router and then select Router Status from its options I
>> get two values for "MAC Address" - one under a section titled "ADSL Port"
>> and another under "LAN Port".
> 
> Thats because there are two MAC addresses, one on the LAN (Local Area
> Network) side and another on the WAN (Wide Area Metwork or Internet) side of
> the router.  They take the form of something like 01:23:45:67:89:ab These
> MAC addresses are 'Media Access Control' Addreses.
> 
> 'Media Access Control' Addreses are not to be confused with a MAC code that
> you would request from your ISP when wanting to move to another broadband
> service.  These are Migration Authorisation Codes and are in the form of,
> BBIP87654321/AB12C for example.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
That makes it crystal clear, thanks.

{I wish people would stop using the same TLAs [Three-Letter-Acronyms] for
different meanings - it's sooo confusing :-(  }
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Richard H wrote:
> On 18/06/2008 4:34 pm, in article
> 6bso86F3cnrj9U1@mid.individual.net, "John Morris"
>  wrote:
>
>>
>> "Richard H" <Richard.H@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:C47EDF81.253A60%Richard.H@invalid.invalid...
>>> What does a MAC code look like?
>>>
>>> If I log in to my router and then select Router Status from its
>>> options I get two values for "MAC Address" - one under a section
>>> titled "ADSL Port" and another under "LAN Port".
>>
>> Thats because there are two MAC addresses, one on the LAN (Local
>> Area Network) side and another on the WAN (Wide Area Metwork or
>> Internet) side of the router.  They take the form of something
>> like 01:23:45:67:89:ab These MAC addresses are 'Media Access
>> Control' Addreses.
>>
>> 'Media Access Control' Addreses are not to be confused with a MAC
>> code that you would request from your ISP when wanting to move to
>> another broadband service.  These are Migration Authorisation
>> Codes and are in the form of, BBIP87654321/AB12C for example.
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> That makes it crystal clear, thanks.
>
> {I wish people would stop using the same TLAs
> [Three-Letter-Acronyms] for different meanings - it's sooo
> confusing :-(  }

2  letter ones are just as bad...

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:04:00 UTC, Richard H <Richard.H@invalid.invalid> 
wrote:

> {I wish people would stop using the same TLAs [Three-Letter-Acronyms] for
> different meanings - it's sooo confusing :-(  }

I wish people would stop using them incorrectly too! (RAS syndrome)
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