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Two IPs, one MAC address

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Name: Aylla
Date: February 23, 2006 at 07:54:17 Pacific
OS: Mac 0SX 10.4
CPU/Ram: 1.5 GHz G4 512 MB RAM
Product: Apple Power PC G4
Comment:

In my router's DHCP Active IP table, my computer's
wireless MAC address is listed twice, with two IP
addresses. How is this possible? Am I being hacked into?
The client hostname - which should be my PC's name but
I don't know how to set it - is slightly different for each IP
as well. I also have another MAC address and IP address
assigned to my PC on the DHCP Active IP table - but this
is for my Ethernet connection, so I assume that this is
fine. In other words, my PC has a total of 3 IP addresses
assigned to it - two for wireless, at same MAC address,
and one for ethernet - with a different MAC address. Can
anyone explain? Cheers



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Name: Firehawk
Date: February 23, 2006 at 12:54:37 Pacific
Reply:

I am not exactly sure, but I think your fine. I believe you will get an IP address for the physical card, and then one for the Wireless card, and one for the 1394 connection?? If you go to "view connections" you will actually see 3 devices listed even though you only have 2 network cards. Any clarification from anyone else would be appreciated. But I wouldnt worry about being hacked. I don't think that is a sign.


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