change physical address of Ethernet Adapter
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From: aa on 29 Oct 2009 14:25 Sorry, I did not think it is so OS-specific. W2000 SP4
From: aa on 29 Oct 2009 14:29 "Paul" <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote in message news:hcbe9q$59f$1(a)aioe.org... > Isn't that your MAC (media access controller) address ? > > Maybe what you want, is "MAC address spoofing". > That is a way to get a computer to have the same > MAC address as another. Obviously a bad thing to do, > if both computers are hooked together to the same > networking device. But if you're swapping computers, > and the other computer isn't being used, then spoofing > should be OK. (The MAC address may be part of Windows > activation, and I don't know whether spoofing counts > as "one hardware change" or not.) > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_spoofing > > http://www.klcconsulting.net/smac/ > > I don't have a cable modem, but I understand that some > ISPs use the MAC address as some kind of authentication. > Normally, to avoid a situation like this, you'd connect > a home router to the cable modem, and the router, having > a fixed and unchanging MAC address, allows you to connect > computers on the LAN side of the router, without worrying > about stuff like this. With this setup, I wouldn't need > to phone anyone. > > cable_modem -------- router ----- home_computer_#1 > (fixed ----- home_computer_#2 > MAC) ----- etc > > HTH, > Paul By your description MAC spoofing is just what the doctor ordered. This ISP did not vive me any login or pw so MAC seemd to be ised instead. These 2 comps are not going to be on network together
From: aa on 29 Oct 2009 14:33 I do not know what exactly the ISP did on my computer, but when I attached another computer and phoned them for settings, they asked for MAC of that new computer over the phone and in 10 min it worked without me doing anythoing on my w2k "Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]" <meiweb@(nospam)gmx.de> wrote in message news:6cb2911d8ba78cc26888ebc0f2c(a)msnews.microsoft.com... > Hello aa, > > There is no need to change a MAC address in your computer. MAC addresses > are unique all over the world, depending on a company code and the internal > numbering of the company. > > I have never heard that an ISP uses MAC addresses from clients. Please be > more specific what your problem is and also talk to your ISP to free the > MAC address, if this is really used from the ISP, which i can not really > believe. > > Best regards > > Meinolf Weber > Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers > no rights. > ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups > ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > > > > is there a way to change physical address of Ethernet Adapter which > > shows up in ipconfig /all like 00-11-2F-00-11-2D ? > > > > My Internet provider uses this address to set something on their end > > manually. For the moment I am testing another computer and every time > > I switch between the two computers I have to call the provider > > > >
From: aa on 29 Oct 2009 14:36 "smlunatick" <yveslec(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:2ef7ea38-1139-4977-94e5-cc2035c4b498(a)f16g2000yqm.googlegroups.com... On Oct 29, 7:25 am, Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] Some ISPs detect the MAC address and lock their service access to that specific one. Routers usually have a feature which allows you to "copy" this MAC address onto the WAN port. ==================== I have no router. The ISP installed Motorola SB5101E Surfboard cable modem
From: aa on 29 Oct 2009 14:40
You are right about TV - this provider provides TV service to me and recently started offering Internet. I already have their TV cable and a block which allows it add more cables for Internet "Sid Elbow" <here(a)there.com> wrote in message news:0121f494$0$11378$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS] wrote: > > > I have never heard that an ISP uses MAC addresses from clients. > > Rogers in Canada uses (or used to) the mac address as a way of limiting > their services to a single machine (extra machines at extra cost of > course). Routers are/were not allowed. If you change machines, you have > to inform them so they can reset the acceptable mac address at their > end. The internet infrastructure in Canada is essentially controlled by > a few powerful entities: Bell (for dsl) and Rogers or Shaw (for cable) > and restrictive practices such as these are common. It probably accounts > for Canada having fallen so far behind the rest of the world in this area. > > > In principle Rogers did the same with their cable-tv signal - only one > TV connection allowed (unless Rogers added extra outlets at extra cost). |