LAN IP Address Oddity

[John Moniz]

On 05/28/2013 09:24 PM, James Knott wrote:
> John Moniz wrote:
>> It is the same address as for the router.
>
> That's something that shouldn't happen.  Did you by any chance set the 
> router MAC to the same as the computer?  DHCP servers assign an IP 
> address to a MAC address and has no idea what device it actually is.  
> Next question is how Bell's DHCP server managed to see the computer, 
> when it's behind a NAT firewall.

I haven't changed the router MAC, but can't locate it with the browser 
to prove it. The MAC stencilled on the unit is certainly different than 
the PC MAC.

The eth0 IP address on the PC is the same as the router, definitely 
ignoring the DHCP range specified.

John.

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