Technique for automated MAC address cloning
US7787455B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 29, 2008 |
| Grant date | Aug 31, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2101/622
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an arrangement where the device that is known to an ISP is communicating with the ISP through an interposed device that is not known to the ISP, the interposed device captures the known device's MAC address upon startup and clones the captured MAC address in all standard packets that it sends to the ISP.
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