I need to change the MAC address on my MBP Airport Extreme (802.11n). I have heard of spoofMac 1.2 beta, but i can not find a copy to down load and i'm not so good with diving into the Unix world. does anyone know another program to use on the intell machine, or where to get my hands on a copy of SpofMac 1.2b?
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Spoofing mac address on mbp
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Is there really any legitimate reason to spoof your MAC address? I honestly want to know if there is a reason...
Banned from a protected network possibly?
As for the OP, I second the google approach. So many simple questions can be answered with a quick google search or using OS Xs help viewer and yet these are often underutilized.
Legitimate Uses
There are definitely legit uses of spoofing, case in point:
I use Verizon DSL, when I first moved in I was having problems connecting to the Internet, so I called them up and asked them what was going on. Turns out that my connection was bound to a the MAC address of a NIC I didn't own.
I tried to ask if they could release the MAC address, but they made me call back and try to see if the DHCP lease would simply timeout, before finally giving me the MAC address, so I could spoof it on my router.
Quality service right there. This is the same firm that responded with, "I don't know, we do it by county in Ohio," when I asked a question about my phone service in California.
There are definitely legit uses of spoofing, case in point:
I use Verizon DSL, when I first moved in I was having problems connecting to the Internet, so I called them up and asked them what was going on. Turns out that my connection was bound to a the MAC address of a NIC I didn't own.
I tried to ask if they could release the MAC address, but they made me call back and try to see if the DHCP lease would simply timeout, before finally giving me the MAC address, so I could spoof it on my router.
Quality service right there. This is the same firm that responded with, "I don't know, we do it by county in Ohio," when I asked a question about my phone service in California.
The reason is the F***ing hotel i am staying in blocked me for downloading too much, ie. a file from my home computer that is 1 gb for work. Legitimacy or not wtf are you even posting for if you don't even have anything to contribute
Also according to apple's tech support certain routers (Linksys, and D-Link were named specifically) will randomly reject a mac address form apple products, and then if you are lucky randomly start working again. But if you can spoof the mac address then presto you are back in the game. I have had this happen a lot to me also. 1 week it works the next it doesn't, then again for 3 days then not again.
For starters, this site has a strict policy against knowingly helping people defeat security restrictions put into place.
9 times out of 10 people do not have legitimate reasons for spoofing MAC addresses, so there is absolutely no harm in asking.
It is a good question and there is nothing that says he can't ask in this tread. I think he has contributed to the conversation.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28064
The Stig
This has been covered previously in this thread:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/317444/
Yes it does require you to open use a terminal window, so if you're not comfortable typing commands, you can use the utility discussed above.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/317444/
Yes it does require you to open use a terminal window, so if you're not comfortable typing commands, you can use the utility discussed above.
Hahahahaha, that's great, it takes one click for Verizon to release the DHCP MAC address binding. The agent likely didn't know what they were doing.