Nortel 1110 Fundamentals page 269

Hardware ID
The Hardware ID screen is used to select the MAC address that MVC 2050
reports to the communication server. The MAC address can be reset.
View the Hardware ID in the MVC 2050 Settings on the Hardware ID tab.
Hardware IDs are generated by reading MAC addresses from the PDA
Network Interface Card (NIC). When MVC 2050 is used with most server
types, the Hardware ID must be unique.
Some software, such as VPN client software, creates artificial network
interfaces with MAC addresses, which are not unique. Without a unique
MAC address, the following conflicts can occur
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To prevent conflicts with other devices, enable Auto-Create. Auto-Create
fabricates a MAC address with a random value that is unlikely to be
repeated by another device.
Use
Auto-Create.
Procedure 56
Enabling Auto-Create
Step
1
2
3
Table 32 "Hardware ID screen" (page 270)
Hardware ID screen.
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MVC 2050 cannot connect to a server
MVC 2050 connects to the server but another device with the same
Hardware ID is disconnected from the server
MVC 2050 disconnects from the server then automatically attempts
to reconnect
Procedure 56 "Enabling Auto-Create" (page 269)
Action
Select Settings.
Select Hardware ID.
Select Auto-Create.
Nortel Communication Server 1000
IP Phones Fundamentals
NN43001-368 02.01 Standard
Release 5.0 7 December 2007
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