WatchGuard FireBox III?

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In article <Xns94E23655B692notmenotmecoml@63.240.76.16>, notme@notme.com
says...
> I plan on getting one of them soon. However, it just dawned on me about
> my ISP being able to detect more than one machine using the account.
>
> The Linksys router has the MAC Cloning feature that allows me to clone
> the original computer's NIC MAC that was provisioned with the ISP into
> the router.
>
> That way, the ISP only sees that MAC and not the additional NIC MAC's
> from other machines behind the router, which is $5.00 more a month for
> each additional machine if detected.
>
> I kind of suspect that the FireBox III doesn't have a MAC Cloning
> feature.
>
> Does the FireBox III have the MAC Cloning feature? What are my options
> here as I would like to keep the money in my pocket?

The ISP will only (as with the Linksys) see the single MAC of the port
you connect to. Just tell them that you bought a new computer and give
them the MAC of the WG.

Before you purchase the WG-III, check and see if you can get a "B-
Stock" unit - they are Demo units that come with full factory service
and warranty for about 50% the cost if you can find them.

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In article <MeSdnQjnp6LXFgbdRVn-iQ@comcast.com>, nobody@SpamCox.net
says...
> Are you sure they are gonna charge you for each MAC and not for each IP they
> give you? Although I haven't paid any attention to the TOS, I thought
> running a router was pretty common these days. I fact most ISPs these days
> have no problems running them anymore. Most even advertise network support
> now. Although they still want to charge you for their help in doing it.
> YMMV

There are some ISP's that require a MAC of the device connected to the
cable/dsl modem, but not many. Of those, a few actually configure the
modem to only talk with the MAC specified.

In every case, all you have to do is tell the company that you've
purchased a new computer and the MAC and you're ready to go.


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Leythos <void@nowhere.com> wrote in news:MPG.1b05cf537bf186598a518@news-
server.columbus.rr.com:

> In article <Xns94E2A9DD47A59notmenotmecoml@204.127.199.17>,
> notme@notme.com says...
>> Any additional machines coming through the router were being
>> stopped and a popup screen was displayed from InsightBB indicating to
>> register the computer or cancel out.
>
> Is it still this way? It sounds like they were forcing you through a
> proxy server.
>

It doesn't seem to be this way anymore as I disabled the WAN MAC address
on the Linksys and the second machine could not connect anymore but no
popup registration message. I enabled the WAN MAC with the provisioned
NIC MAC and the second machine can connect again.

In one of my other posts, the Insightbb Tech gave me an IP to a site to
reset the MAC that it sees behind the modem which I can use and give the
Linksys router's MAC and I don't need to enter the WAN MAC address into
the router.

How do I go about finding a FireBox III demo model?

Duane