On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 01:48:27 +0100, Melzzzzz wrote:

Cloning is just giving router mac address from laptop.
You should figure out how to make router remember *that* mac address
so no need to do it all over again.

Why would the router even *need* mac cloning?

I thought Mac cloning was only for ISPs who REQUIRE a certain static
MAC address. Comcast support told me they don't care what MAC address
is downstream of them, so, it's something having only to do with the
TP-Link "AC" router, I think.

My Netgear wndr3400 "N" router never needed mac cloning to work.
My Linkssys WRT54G "G" router never needed mac cloning to work.

Why would only the TP-Link "AC" router *require* mac cloning in
order to work?

This is my first AC router.
Is mac cloning a "requirement" of the "AC" specification?

If so, they should have said so on the box and I wouldn't have bought
the darn thing. Having to clone a mac just to get a router to work
makes no sense to me.

Does it make sense to you?

PS: What am I cloning anyway? Why?