Settings Description - NETGEAR WNR612v2 User Manual

Table 1. Basic Settings Screen Fields (Continued)
Settings
This field Router MAC
appears only if Address
your ISP does
not require a
login.
1 Disabling NAT reboots the wireless router and resets its configuration settings to the factory defaults. Disable NAT
only if you plan to install the wireless router in a setting where you will be manually administering the IP address space
on the LAN side of the router.
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Wireless-N 150 Router WNR612v2 User Manual
Description
Your computer's local address is its unique address on your network. This is
also referred to as the computer's MAC (Media Access Control) address.
Use Default MAC Address. This is the usual setting.
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Use Computer MAC address. If your ISP requires MAC authentication,
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you can use this setting to disguise the wireless router's MAC address
with the computer's own MAC address.
Use This MAC Address. If your ISP requires MAC authentication, you
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can manually type the MAC address for a different computer. The
format for the MAC address is XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX.