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Off Topic => Engineering => Topic started by: toasty0 on July 15, 2008, 01:27:13 pm

Title: IT: How to spoof an MAC address
Post by: toasty0 on July 15, 2008, 01:27:13 pm

For those of you who do a lot of SOHO networks and run across older equipment this video might be helpful. http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/itdojo/?p=149&tag=nl.e101

Title: Re: IT: How to spoof an MAC address
Post by: Bonk on July 15, 2008, 02:50:42 pm

My old linksys has the feature built in, it came in handy occasionally for finicky DSL DHCP servers.

Title: Re: IT: How to spoof an MAC address
Post by: Just plain old Punisher on July 15, 2008, 03:57:49 pm

A lot of NIC cards allow the MAC address to be changed on the fly.

It usually isn't a big deal as MAC address filtering on most networks should also be combined with hardware encryption, that goes double for wireless networks.

Title: Re: IT: How to spoof an MAC address
Post by: toasty0 on July 15, 2008, 11:03:52 pm

Quote from: Punisher BishopOfBacon on July 15, 2008, 03:57:49 pm

A lot of NIC cards allow the MAC address to be changed on the fly.

It usually isn't a big deal as MAC address filtering on most networks should also be combined with hardware encryption, that goes double for wireless networks.

Aaaarrrrrhhhhggggg! It is NIC, not NIC card.

Title: Re: IT: How to spoof an MAC address
Post by: The_Joker on July 16, 2008, 01:01:31 am

While we're on it, its PCV and not PCV valve.   :P

Title: Re: IT: How to spoof an MAC address
Post by: Centurus on July 16, 2008, 03:17:26 am

I thought it was PVC schedule 40 piping.