How to clone MAC address on Airport

That is not supported by the new AEBS.

Is there any chance of apple updating their airports anytime soon from this ancient airport software they have been using since the first airport base station. Being able to change the mac address of a router is a fundamental tool and I don't understand why even on their newest router this is not possible, there must be a way to do it in command prompt. I am/was seriously considering buying an apple 802.11n router but after hearing this I believe apple needs to remedy it sometime soon. If anyone can find a way to be able to do this that would be incredible, even being able to forward more than one port at a time through the software would be helpful too. Anyone know how to do any of this, or has apple locked their routers up? I have to change my mac address to be able to use this router directly to the wall as my provider only allows use of one mac address directly connected.

Is there any chance of apple...

Apple has been making wireless base stations since 1999 and has never offered this ability.

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I have to change my mac address to be able to use this router directly to the wall as my provider only allows use of one mac address directly connected.

That is how most ISPs work. You shouldn't need to change it. Your ISP will only see one MAC address... the WAN MAC address of the AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS). The wireless and Ethernet clients of the AEBS will be hidden from the ISP.

You're making the problem too complicated. Plug the Verizon router into their FIOS modem. If it's a wireless router, tell the Verizon router to turn off its wireless mode. Plug the AEBS into that router's ethernet port. Voila.

It doesn't have to be that complicated.

Then the answer is simple. The AE-N access point won't meet your needs.

Jeff

Cloning MAC addresses can be a security problem so maybe that's why Apple doesn't want its hardward to easily support it.

so basically to use this router with fios at home or even in my dorm room i would have to call them up and ask them to physically change my mac address on their system, instead of the easier way to do it on the hardware itself? If I have to go through this, what is an easy way to change my mac address on my macbook pro to match the one on the router. This seems like a backwards way to do it having to change your computer to match your router but that looks like the way apple is making us do it.

I have Surewest's fibre service, and do not have a ISP provided brigde/router/modem. The ethernet cable comes out of the wall (essentially), and goes straight to my Linksys B router.
Quite the omission, having spent two nights trying to figure out why my AE-N's local network works, but no WAN access.