
AirborneM2M™ User Guide
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MAC CLONING
If the network is configured to not allow multiple MAC address for the same IP address, MAC address
cloning should be enabled. MAC address cloning will cause the WLAN module to adopt the MAC
address of the first Ethernet client that it sees traffic from. If the Ethernet client uses DHCP, the module
will sniff the DHCP transactions and learn the MAC and IP that the client will use, and adopts them as
its own. When in bridge-mode, this makes the module look like a “cable replacement” and should be
transparent to the network.