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cable modem MAC address
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2001 2:16 am
by mongolian
Hi all,
I am trying to find out the MAC address on my motorola cybersurf modem. Anyone have a clue? It's not on the bottom of it....
help
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2001 2:37 am
by glc1
Why do you need the MAC address?
Not sure that it does, if it has an internal http page, you may find it there. Check the manual.
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2001 4:56 am
by MegaVectra
It should be on the bottom or the back. That is what they called in when they came and installed mine.
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2001 5:43 am
by blebs
Originally posted by mongolian:
Hi all,
I am trying to find out the MAC address on my motorola cybersurf modem. Anyone have a clue? It's not on the bottom of it....
help
Mine didn't have a MAC address! We had just a modem # assigned and HTTP page for diagnostics.
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2001 7:27 am
by Kip Patterson
To obtain the MAC address of your Cybersurfr (or any other )modem:
1) Open a DOS window
2) Type WINIPCFG (or IPCONFIG)
3) Note the address of the default gateway, and ping it.
4) type ARP -a. The address that appears in the column headed "Physical Address" is the modem's MAC address.
The Cybersurfr does not have an internal web page. Don't know what you want the MAC for, but it is of no practical use. In particular, you can't access the modem, uncap it, or anything of the sort.
Good luck,
Kip Patterson
Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2001 11:26 pm
by starman
hey dude
The old motorola modems didnt have a mac, adress it is only the new dosys modem that have a mac. adr....soon you will be switched out with a new modem....call cable company.
If you have a moto. modem that is not reg. on the router you can get internet access for free..........
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2001 3:42 am
by tomsykes
LOL
Starman... the old ones had MAC addresses too ;-)
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2001 2:29 pm
by HalfLifer
The Motorola modems did NOT have MAC addresses.
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2001 2:41 pm
by tekelberry
I have a Motorola modem (SurfBoard). Its on the back and some ISPs need it for tech support if they need to fix anything on your line.
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2001 2:43 pm
by glc1
MAC addresses are needed for provisioning too. Just b/c it's not disclosed on the back/botton of the modem, doesn't mean it doesn't have one.
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2001 3:13 pm
by Kip Patterson
The MAC address of my Motorola Cybersurfr Plus is 08-00-3e-0f-9c-b8.
Any Ethernet-connected device that can originate or receive a datagram has a MAC address. That includes all NICS, Printer servers, modems, and managed hubs and switches. Unmanaged hubs and switches cannot originate or receive datagrams, so they do not have MAC addresses.
Kip Patterson
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2001 12:40 am
by glc1
All network devices (hubs, switches, NICs, cable modems, etc.) have MAC addresses.
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2001 1:15 am
by tomsykes
Thanks Kip - there needs to be some general user-networking education in here :-)
Regards
Tom Sykes
RequestDSL, Australia