This the article about the complete information about Mac Cloning in the router. Here we will discuss the mac cloning of Linksys wireless router.
Lots of users face router, not working issues while Linksys router setup. You have to perform mac cloning if a router is getting a modem IP. Let's describe to you about mac cloning.
MAC Cloning is setting the MAC address of your PC or any other MAC address as your device WAN port and this is one of the methods to fix connectivity issues. MAC stands for Media Access Control and this is the hardware address that the Network Interface Card is manufactured with. At times computers face connectivity issues even with the hardware and software functioning properly and at these times MAC cloning is used to fix this.
An IP address is assigned to any computer by DHCP after reading its MAC address and thus IP address is lost once the computer disconnects. On reconnecting within the leasing period DHCP checks the MAC address again to assign the same IP address as before. Adding a different device such as a router that has its own MAC addresses connectivity issues arise.
These connectivity issues that arise due to the addition of an external new MAC address into the network are fixed by MAC cloning. By simply cloning the MAC address that the ISP has used for assigning IP addresses this connectivity issue can be solved.
Type “192.168.1.1” into your Web browser’s address bar and press “Enter” to access the Linksys router’s setup page.
Type “admin” into the “Password” field, leave the “Username” field empty, and press “Enter” to log in. If you’ve set a custom password, type your custom password instead of “admin.”
Click the “Wireless” tab at the top of the setup page and then click “Wireless MAC Filter” under the "Wireless" tab.
Select the “Enabled” option to enable the Wireless MAC Filter if it’s disabled.
Select the “Permit PCs Listed Below to Access the Wireless Network” to allow the MAC addresses listed on the page to access the wireless network. You can also select the “Prevent PCs” option to block the MAC addresses on the page from accessing the wireless network and allow all other MAC addresses access.
Type the MAC addresses you want to add into the “MAC” boxes on the page. You can click the “Wireless Client List” button to view the MAC addresses of the devices currently connected to the wireless network, their device names, and their IP addresses.
Click "Start." Type "cmd" in the search bar and click the result in the Start Menu
Type "getmac /v" in the following into the command prompt window. Press the "Enter" key on your keyboard.
Locate the 12-digit hexadecimal MAC address listed after "Wireless Network." Write down the address.
Open your router's administration interface page. Open your Web browser and type the address 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1, depending on your router manufacturer. AirLink, ASUS, 3Com, Dell, Teletronics and Telnet routers use 192.168.1.1, while D-Link, Linksys, Netgear, Sitecom routers use 192.168.0.1. Belkin, SMC, and Microsoft routers use 192.168.2.1.
Log in with your username and password.
Access the wireless MAC filtering configuration page. For Linksys routers, click the "Wireless" tab and click "Wireless MAC Filter." For Netgear routers, click "Wireless Settings" in the Advanced section. For Belkin routers, click "MAC Address Filtering" in the Firewall section.
Type the computer's MAC address into the text bar. Click "Add" or "Save." Reboot the router.