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Re: Why does my IP address change when..
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Originally Posted by Efour
Hi there,
Why does my external IP address change when i run the superhub in modem only mode?
Does it get routed differently?? Im reasonably technically minded but i don't get this at all.
Please explain
everytime a new device is conencted is new mac of amachine it will generally givea new ip it one way to get anew ip, why does it change in rotuer mode the rotue gives the modem part of the shub a mac that is internal of the shub rotuer part but in modem mode the rotuer part is isable and the amc of the deivced connected is seen hope tha helps
To expand on that, the router side of the superhub has it's own MAC and it's that MAC which leases the address, when you put the superhub into modem mode the attached device is the external router (or PC) hence it then leases a new address..
Impressive - and they managed to bumble thru all that explanation without even mentioning Layer 2 transparent bridging, private/public Ip addressing, dhcp relay agents, and cmts mac/ip snooping tables or walled gardens…..
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