Do laptop docking stations have their own MAC addresses?

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Published on 2010-06-03T19:17:12Z Indexed on 2010/06/03 19:25 UTC
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My laptop has an ethernet connection, and there's another on the docking station.

Can I connect using both at the same time? Will they have different MAC addresses?

I'm assuming the ethernet port on the doc is just a passthru to the onboard ethernet - is that incorrect?

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