Mac Address Filtering?

Question

So guys, I have a problem
My dad goes out to work and I want to use the laptop late at night
He however times my access to the internet by using my mac address
He uses the program airport express and it can only be accessed on his computer which I cannot take
How do I stop him from controlling my mac address on my own laptop?
Best answer gets 10 points

Answer 1

Solution 1 (Easiest)



1. Download Etherchange from http://ntsecurity.nu/toolbox/etherchange/

2. Save the downloaded file to C: (root)

2. Click on START>RUN then type ‘cmd’ (without quotes) and press ENTER

3. In the dos window, type



cd\

etherchange



(Press enter after each line)



4. The etherchange program will start. It’ll ask you to choose which network adapter you want to change, press the number of the corresponding network adapter and press enter



5. Press ‘1’ to specify a new Ethernet address

6. Enter the new MAC address in this format “080007A92BFC”

7. Etherchange should advice you that the change was successful and that you need to either disable and then enable the network adapter or restart your pc for the new MAC address to work



Solution 2



1. Click START>RUN then type ‘regedt32’ (without quotes) and press ENTER



2. Go to



"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contr ol\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}".



3. Double click on it to expand the tree. The subkeys are 4-digit numbers, which represent particular network adapters. You should see it starts with 0000, then 0001, 0002, 0003 and so on.



4. Find the interface you want by searching for the proper "DriverDesc" key.



5. Edit the string key "NetworkAddress" to contain the new MAC address.



6. If the string key "NetworkAddress" doesnt exist, make one. It has has the data type "REG_SZ".



7. Disable then re-enable the network interface that you changed or reboot the system.

Answer 2

You see, I would like to give you the ideal "this is how to do this" answer, but I can already see what is going to happen. If your dad is computer savvy enough to have a trace on your MAC address, it means he is smart enough to have a MAC filter on the internet too. Which means, if you change your MAC address, you will not be able to access the internet at all. The joke will be on you. And he will notice. And you will be in even more trouble. In this case, I think the best option for you is to respect your dad's wishes and make the best use of the time online that you already have, before you do something stupid and lose that privilege.

Answer 3

Simple, connect a long Ethernet cable between the modem and your computer, bypassing the wifi router.



Unplug the power to the modem, wait 30 seconds, plug it back in. :)



When your done, plug the router back in, pull it's power for 30 seconds and plug it in.



Hide the cable. ;)





Sometimes the solution is so darn easy. :)