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MAC address ??? Any way to change it?

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oSCho

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Hi all!

Dows anyone know how I can change my airport extreme MAC address?
Is it possible?

On my old pc laptop it could be done using SMAC.

Thanks!
 
oSCho said:
Hi all!

Dows anyone know how I can change my airport extreme MAC address?
Is it possible?

On my old pc laptop it could be done using SMAC.

Thanks!
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Normally that _should_ not be possible. But perhaps somebody knows a hack.
 
maradong said:
Normally that _should_ not be possible. But perhaps somebody knows a hack.
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yeah, you can't physically change the ID, but maybe there is some program that spoofs another Mac addresss and covers the one you have. Of course, you could always get another Airport Extreme card and that should fix it. 😀

Just curious, why do you need to change your mac address?
 
It's because when I work at my university library you get blocked really quickly on wifi if you download or upload too much.

We are always backing up our work on the internet and I have already been blocked once.
 
oSCho said:
It's because when I work at my university library you get blocked really quickly on wifi if you download or upload too much.

We are always backing up our work on the internet and I have already been blocked once.
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Perhaps you should complain to your network admins instead 😉 You are working with the uni library, as you say, so they should listen...
 
Versello said:
Perhaps you should complain to your network admins instead 😉 You are working with the uni library, as you say, so they should listen...
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Yeah, their bandwidth isn't important for any purpose other than uploading or downloading. It's not like their main function is to support peoples' education or anything. 😀
 
oSCho said:
We are always backing up our work on the internet and I have already been blocked once.
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Is that what "kids" are calling it nowadays?

One option is to use a <insert favorite brand>router with MAC address emulation and then you can set it to anything you want. However, don't most universities force you to register your NIC MAC before they will even allow that computer on their network?
 
it is possible to change your MAC address of the built in ethernet interface from the command line with the ifconfig command. Some tools, however, use the MAC address to identify your machine, so you may want to write down your original MAC address so you can change it back if you run into any problems. To change the MAC address, type the following in the terminal:

sudo ifconfig en0 ether aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff

Where aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff is the MAC address you want to use in hex format. Bear in mind that when you do change your MAC address you will likely have to renew your DHCP lease.
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(From electricsheep )

I know it's not Airport, but maybe you could borrow an ethernet cable from one of the lab's computers for big uploads?
 
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