Topic 'Is Router Mac Address/Name used by wireless client?' in forum 'Wireless Networking' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Is-Router-Mac-AddressName-used-by-wireless-client-23274253 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:19:44 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:19:44 EDT Re: Is Router Mac Address/Name used by wireless client? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Is-Router-Mac-AddressName-used-by-wireless-client-23274328
The Windows Vista firewall also notices the change, but it allows me to "merge" the two networks (treat them as one network).

This does not answer your question. But I think it makes clear that firewall software may be using the router MAC address as an indicator as to whether you have moved the computer to a new network. If the firewall does that, I would expect it to go into its most restrictive settings until you tell it otherwise.
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AT&T Uverse; Zyxel NBG334W router (behind the 2wire gateway); openSuSE 11.0; firefox 3.0.14]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Is-Router-Mac-AddressName-used-by-wireless-client-23274328 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:32:24 EDT Is Router Mac Address/Name used by wireless client? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Is-Router-Mac-AddressName-used-by-wireless-client-23274253 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Is-Router-Mac-AddressName-used-by-wireless-client-23274253 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:09:29 EDT