From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 7 15:33:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E9B016A4CE for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 15:33:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from host220.ipowerweb.com (host220.ipowerweb.com [66.235.203.181]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CA95943D3F for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 15:33:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ara@avvali.com) Received: (qmail 97332 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2004 15:32:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO binbinilqygidj) (69.193.88.144) by host220.ipowerweb.com with SMTP; 7 Nov 2004 15:32:53 -0000 From: "Ara" To: "'gabriel'" , Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 10:33:47 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AcTE3lYg7uBInicxTPO8mBwaupolkAAAHmfw X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.181 Message-Id: <20041107153351.CA95943D3F@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: Mac Address Spoofing(!) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 15:33:52 -0000 Hello There should be a file containing info about your network card. So if you vi the file and change the Mac to the one you need, and reboot, then you should get the new ip. My isp is like yours, dhcp but based on mac address. I can't remember the location of file containing the network card configuration -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of gabriel Sent: November 7, 2004 10:27 AM To: lukek@meibin.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mac Address Spoofing(!) I tried the resetting for 24 hours (unplugging it from power), tried to have my isp give me different modem configuration files, no go, my modem just liked my mac, after following the instructions given I was able to acquire a new ip address, so far, no harm done. Cheers! On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 21:14:23 +0900, Luke Kearney wrote: > On 日, 2004-11-07 at 06:58, eddie dandrades wrote: > > > > Hello guys, > > > > I've set out to spoof my gateway's mac address so that I can get a > > new ip address from my cable ISP without having to unplug my modem for > > 24 hours as they suggested (and is understandable, thats how long > > their DHCP lease last). I've tried several things, one of which is > > following the instructions here > > http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200406/netgraph.html - I also tried doing: > > ifconfig xl0 hw ether 00:00:00:00:00 to no avail. > > > > I'm just wondering if anyone on this list knows of a way to do it > > successfully or can provide me with a link to some useful > > documentation. > > > > > > Thanks guys! > > > > > > gabriel > > Just a thought but many around me have broadband modems from their ISP's > and they faced the same problem you describe and their ISP told them to > disconnect for 2 to 3 hrs but that is hardly workable. The solution was > to reboot the modem. The modem cached the MAC address on the client side > not the ISP's DHCP server. Would that work better in your situation > rather than trying to spoof MAC addresses ? > > HTH > > LukeK > > -- gabriel, Member of: FreeBSD-Announce FreeBSD-Hardware FreeBSD-Multimedia FreeBSD-questions _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"