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#1 2006-08-18 11:07 pm
- aquaajb
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Router / Mac address question (THE REAL TOPIC!!)
I don't know what happened with those other two.. but..
In 12 hours, I will be leeaving to go back to college. I recently acquired a 12" powerbook to compliment my G5 iMac, and so I will need to use a router in my dorm room to get them both online.
The school doesn't allow routers. Naturally, I plan to use one anyway. A person has to register their computer with the schools network, and therefore I want to try and clone my iMac's addy to the router. How do I do this?
To which port do I plug the ethernet from the school's wall jack? The internet jack?
What do I have to do to get my computers working with the router flawlessly? I just tried it, and it doesn't seem to like it when there's two devices with the same Mac Addy on the network.
DCHP on or off?
Any tips?
SIgned,
willy the wireless wannabe
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#2 2006-08-19 12:38 am
- jb
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Re: Router / Mac address question (THE REAL TOPIC!!)
There are two ways to do this.
One is Router --> Computer(s)
The other is Router --> Computer1 <--> Router <--> Computer2.
If one method is blocked, you may be able to use the other method. Method 1 should work. I'd say just plugging in your router (via ethernet) into the wall socket, and then both computers should work. My macs can sense when there's an internet connection coming off another port on the router.
Also, it just occurred to me that you could try internet sharing over AirPort.
They say that the most secure computer is the one not connected to the internet.
That's why security experts recommend Telstra BigPond.
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#3 2006-08-19 1:42 am
- aquaajb
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Re: Router / Mac address question (THE REAL TOPIC!!)
Well, yeah, I could just plug it in, but the school doesn't allow routers. Therefore, I have to register my iMac with their network and then make it look like the router is the iMac. I'm just curious how to defeat the mac address conflict or change the mac addy on my imac.
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#4 2006-08-19 3:34 am
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Re: Router / Mac address question (THE REAL TOPIC!!)
Oh, MAC address. Can't you just give them the MAC address of the router?
They say that the most secure computer is the one not connected to the internet.
That's why security experts recommend Telstra BigPond.
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#5 2006-08-19 11:23 am
- Funkey Monkey
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Re: Router / Mac address question (THE REAL TOPIC!!)
jb wrote:
Oh, MAC address. Can't you just give them the MAC address of the router?
That makes sense to me!
In any case, I suppose it depends on the brand of your router. My D-Link allows my router to spoof my Mac's MAC address just fine. That's what I do with my cable modem, because I only had one computer when I started service, but later I added other computers and a router, and didn't feel like calling them and telling them a new MAC address.
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#6 2006-08-19 12:24 pm
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Re: Router / Mac address question (THE REAL TOPIC!!)
Most routers support MAC Address Cloning. If its if from D-Link or Linksys, I guarantee you that it supports MAC Address Cloning.
You run a cable from the router's WAN port (the Internet port) to the wall jack. Then, everyone else connects to the router's LAN ports.
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