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by mhhha 2 views

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if a pc is connected to a LAN through the PSTN (telephone network) , is that pc has a MAC address even it has not an NIC (network interface card), it only has a modem...?
if that pc has a MAC, is that MAC is the same as that of the access server connects the LAN and the PSTN....?
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by kelly_aitch

A modem does not have a MAC address, but the connection will use the MAC address of the access server. There will be some kind of port addressing scheme to identify separate connections if the access server handles multiple sessions.

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