BTW-On the players 'about' menu what is the seemingly cryptic MAC 00:12:00:d7:12:02:b7?

That cryptic number is the network interfaces unique MAC (Media Access Control) address, all manufacturers of NIC's have to encode this into thier products. This MAC address, (a hardware address) uniquely identifies each node of a network, the MAC layer (OSI reference model) interfaces directly with the network media, thus all network devices require different MAC address.