fred Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 FAO Computer experts If you can help me i would be very grateful Do you know what a MAC address is and do you know anything about changing it? (or 'spoofing'?) Is it illegal? If you change it does it mean you could be using someone elses internet connection? Is the only legal option to buy a new router/modem or can you call your ISP and get them to change it? Would greatly appreciate if you took time out to answer these questions / If this needs a lock please tell me the reason so I can learn from my mistake Thanks all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic Man Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 Tulse is deep / Didn't get the chance to pos flat Eric in the 9009le thread. Was bennin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted May 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 Pos me for him / I was just joking i wont do that anymore But i really want to find out what changing your mac address actually means I am gettingn quite confused by this Please dont lock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gayle Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 MAC address is your machines physical address, so only way to do it is to spoof at as you said, I'm guessing your trying to access something your not meant to or don't want to b e traces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Edgar Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 MAC address is attached to your network card, so if you want to change it you would need to replace your card. you would normally spoof your address to 00:11:22:33:44 if your trying to gain access to an encrypted network, that way if enquires are made from the MAC address, they can't match it up to an ISP associated with it. I have spoofed using Backtrack to crack WEP encryption, but this was for educational purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djbmc Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 Yeah mate press ctrl alt delete, will sort that sh*t right out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted May 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 will sort it right out mayteeeeee / yeah on further investigation the legality of this seems very sketchy so im gonna leave it i actually didnt want to use it for any dishonesty or deception, it was suggested as a solution to a technical problem i had but i just dont know enough about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medic Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 Yeah mate press ctrl alt delete, will sort that sh*t right out Thanks mate, fixed all my viruses in one swift action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skola Posted May 7, 2012 Report Share Posted May 7, 2012 I have spoofed using Backtrack to crack WEP encryption, but this was for educational purposes. oh yeah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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