[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Excellent sense of humor, krestian. Where the heck is Casper's original IP or MAC complaint? I an pressed to find it now. I realize now that I am confusing the WiFi IP address with the phone's hard programmed MAC address. IP addresses can be dynamic in which case you get different ones each time you log in and a MAC address is like a serial number for the NIC in the device, the Network Interface Controller. IP addresses can be changed, the MAC address cannot change, it is a form of hardware identification. The cable company always wants the MAC address of the device you want activated or troubleshot because they can find that very unique MAC on the network and pinpoint your device. Now I want to find Casper's original post to see exactly what it was he was describing. Let me try to look again or search it out.

Ahhh shucks! I was going to give Krestian a Thanks chip but used up my 8 for the day. I will get you tomorrow. We get 8 Thanks chips a day, they do not roll over, and I am surprised at how many members let them go down the drain rather than hand them out. They do not do anyone any good when they expire from non-use. Thanks do not have to be given only for devs or those that go through extraordinary measures to help the thread. I give them to the devs and serious helpers of course, they get top dibs. But also cannot stand to throw them out. Anyone that replies and give their experience, makes others feel welcome, come out of their shell to actively join the community and anything that is helpful in any way to the members and group. One day I will catch Sad Days in a post and shower that poor man with thanks, if only he would come out of his shell. Very shy person, I guess, but a compassionate person, no doubt. When you meet someone with no compassion, you will long for it very quickly.

What was Casper's OP on this issue? Casper is another man that is coming out of his shell and is really trying hard to assist others. He has bonus information, an XT910 phone and information on that device is scarce and lacking. I encourage him with some Thanks to keep it up. Let's hope that I am not building a monster. Just kidding! :laugh:

Oh, HERE he is!

Alright, he says that he uses his WiFi MAC address to use his providers hot spots. And he says that his WiFi-Mac address is 00:da:36:16:de:eb. That looks like a good MAC address, I know that only restricted IP ranges can be used for LAN but not on the internet. I never heard of a MAC address (Serial number) was used to restrict access to hot spots, although some of the WiFi AP can use blocking by MAC. Ours do not, they use WPA or WPA2 and password. Not getting WiFi because of your MAC address is just plain dumb. :p

So why does his MAC matter when connecting to a hotspot? Why are there "provider hotspots"? Any WiFi I connect to is either my home LAN, another person's home, or any of a myriad of small restaurants, hotels, or cafes around town. MAC address does not matter. My WiFi MAC address is not that strange at all. What is strange is my IPv6 address. I only configured IPv4 so where that came from is beyond me. I never use IPv6. What do you guys make of this? :confused: