privacy, some WLAN operators try to track you by remembering your MAc address
Mario
4 years ago
A bandwidth limit was put on my device MAC address
person
4 years ago
my brother is threatening to block my mac address.
Trey
4 years ago
Testing a DHCP Server to ensure it is properly assigning a IP addresses.
Changing the MAC address in REGEDIT doesn’t seem to take. Any ideas?
Ideally I would just use the command prompt and have an automated test to go through ~255 IP addresses but the change directly in REGEDIT doesn’t seem to take effect.
Changing the MAC address in the Device Properties works immediately and even changes the value that I’m working with in REGEDIT.
@Trey
I think you would have to restart your computer after making changes to the registry.
From what I know changes only take affect after a restart
Rudi
4 years ago
A program that gives my laptop wifi a random address each time I connect would be interesting for me.
Background: some business competitors know my wifi mac address and try to hack the router of my hotel to eventually hack my pc from the hacked router (no joke; and they’re highly skilled and equipped)
rpatra
4 years ago
We have a WiFi connection in my university’s hostel and the WiFi is freakishly fast. There only hostel students can use the WiFi as they have submitted their Mac ID to the warden. They some some kind program that allows to connect if the MAC ID is registered.
Jessey
4 years ago
Yep, It works via technitium.
I use this to get unban on the one server. Nothing special.
RedTripcoster
4 years ago
i am studying ethical hacking at my university so although i know the way to change the address of linux system , i was looking for windows method
Davide
4 years ago
Need to have same MAC for laptop and docking station for dhcp server
Md Hawai
4 years ago
We need to block changing the mac id in our office, wanted to know if it is changeable in win 10 pro.
Mark
4 years ago
TeamViewer started flagging people as commercial users trying to force them to pay for the service, even though they are not commercial. So changing the mac address is a way to get around it.
my company blocked the whatsapp web hence it’s important and widely use to communicate among us too!
Azza
3 years ago
I am studying for IT security and I am learning all practicable examples given in books.
no connect
3 years ago
my hp laptop adapter has a rare downfall. it chooses to lag and not connect to avail net connections due to AP issues. researching my problem user suggested changing laptop mac add and changing ip4 add and ip6 dns adds
it works
Appears my internet is no longer working on a hotel WiFi after using extended Netflix, so I want to change MAC to appear as a new user to their system to hopefully unlock new data as that’s the only way they can track me.
DMD
3 years ago
Simulation of ARINC-664 end system requires changing the MAC since the MAC includes the Virtual Link ID. Up to 4096 virtual links can exist on an single end system.
Sandi
3 years ago
Somebody cloned my mac address
M.NASEEM
3 years ago
I reinstalled the windows 7 and i was unable to connect to wireless router.
I have created a list of devices with their mac addresses on the router. I tried every thing, at last the final option was to reset my router so i did it. Now after reading your tutorial i have created a string in the registry and i have remembered the my laptop’s mac address for future use. In case i reinstall the windows then i will reuse the old mac address. I don’t know much about the networking. May be i was missing some easy steps. By the way THANKS for this information sharing. GOD BLESS YOU.
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badash
3 years ago
my mom keeps banning me from the network so I want to keep changing my laptop’s MAC address -turns out my system doesn’t support this feature :'(
L
3 years ago
I dual boot my PC in linux and windows, on the linux side I can use the AAC codec with my headphones. In the windows side I’m restricted to use SBC. I’m hoping that changig the mac address of the bt adapter in windows will ease the pairing problems I’m having. I guess that the headphones get somehow confused when I switch between win / linux.
Nilsson
3 years ago
Was in a hotel some time ago, their wi-fi blocked all Mac-adresses that where from consoles, like a xbox one.
my pc ethernet is blockes several time by IT manager what I do for this problem
Jens Siemund
3 years ago
I changed it so my ethernet couldn’t be restricted from wifi =)
Man
3 years ago
Changing MAC address is very easy, it was one way to control the sleep time for my kids. But since they learned to change the MAC, it’s not working anymore.
But allowing internet access only to listed MAC addresses shouem
Man
3 years ago
But allowing internet access only to listed MAC addresses should fix the problem,
And if they decide to be smart about it again and changebthe MAC, they will have to come forward themselves since they won’t access internet at all.
Edgar
3 years ago
My dad is blocking me.
Person123
2 years ago
I changed my mac address to bypass parental restrictions on my internet
Jack Driskell
2 years ago
Resetting router will not let me get back online, however, I was able to get online with a new device. So I figure if I change my Mac it should let me online. Or I have to wait for the internet provider to make a service call here. This problem has been a problem with routers for many many years and usually resetting the router fixes it but sometimes not. I would think over a decade they could resolve this very annoying, time consuming, and common problem without resetting the router or having a network admin handle it.
Uzair
2 years ago
I want to change my Mac Address because my schools network administrator monitors all the computers on the network . I figured if I change the Mac address and IP address on my laptop to the MAC and IP address of a computer at my school , Ill be able to pretend to be said computer
Mike Monticello
2 years ago
testing automotive components that must talk to a specific MAC address. Need 50+ testers with same MAC address on adapter to automotive ethernet. Testers have 2 NICs. One to talk to the part and the other to connect to the “hive”.
Mark
2 years ago
My kid uses this to bypass parental controls. Awesome
ZAche (Digitalcitizen.life)
2 years ago
School refuses to realize they need to let people use their own laptops on the wifi when they give us barely working chromebooks, idgaf.
A boy
2 years ago
I’ve been blacklisted by FortiGuard. I’ve tried changing my MAC address using Techtium, but I’m still blocked. Do you know how to fool FortiGuard?
Daniel
2 years ago
I just attended work training where the trainer said you can not change a MAC address and I’m like, “yes, you can.”
Why did I want to change the MAC address? To prove her wrong.
So I can be nefarious and anonymous simultaneously. It’s not just my MAC address, though. All of my “public” data is lies. Who knows, maybe the internet even thinks I am you.
I see your email field says “remains private”. Jokes on you. That email is only going to remain, at all, for 8 more minutes.
Lance
1 year ago
To buy internet access on an airplane and use it on multiple devices. Unfortunately intel has made that difficult with their WiFi 6 AX201 adapter
Debbie
1 year ago
We know the neighbor has spyware. We’ve seen various types throughout the years. We haven’t been able to find any help to stop any of the things he is doing. This is just another attempt to recover from a total takeover.
l. prosky
8 months ago
Need an more-advanced mac-changer that creates a NEW way to present ANY desired outward-facing mac identity.
Probably would be a more-complicated script than Technitium & others like it. It would have to continuously replace some ID packets. Way out of my knowledge level.
Own several newer 802.11ac adapters that REFUSE spoofing.
Terchen
6 months ago
Am running across a few newer USB wifi adapters that do not allow MAC to be changed by any conventional means, including through registry or Technitium. The claim is “the drivers do not allow it”.
I agree there must be a more elaborate tool to allow any MAC address to be changed for those that require it. I think some new “Innovation” is required here. Wish I was smarter to arrive at a new solution.
Tony_B
6 months ago
Recently purchased two identical second-hand motherboards from the same supplier. The bios upgrade for dozens of these mobos was performed by this vendor in bulk. Apparently something went wrong there, and several mobos ended up with the same MAC address. Two PCs with the same MAC address didn’t work very well on my network… I’m gonna try bypassing the onboard network interface card on one of these 2 PCs with a PCIe or USB NIC. And if that doesn’t work, I hope to fall back on the solutions in the article. Thanks to my suplier for directing me to this article. Could save me the uninstall of a complete PC and returning one of the mobos to sender.
HarryToes
6 months ago
Once used ChipGenius to access an undetectable thumbdrive chip register to rewrite data & repair it.
It would be fantastic to have a similar app that could access/rewrite the hard-coded MAC addresses that seem to resist spoofing.
A B
1 month ago
My workplace ID’s work devices from their MAC address, and even though they aren’t supposed to, impose restrictions on other devices.
privacy, some WLAN operators try to track you by remembering your MAc address
A bandwidth limit was put on my device MAC address
my brother is threatening to block my mac address.
Testing a DHCP Server to ensure it is properly assigning a IP addresses.
Changing the MAC address in REGEDIT doesn’t seem to take. Any ideas?
Ideally I would just use the command prompt and have an automated test to go through ~255 IP addresses but the change directly in REGEDIT doesn’t seem to take effect.
Changing the MAC address in the Device Properties works immediately and even changes the value that I’m working with in REGEDIT.
@Trey
I think you would have to restart your computer after making changes to the registry.
From what I know changes only take affect after a restart
A program that gives my laptop wifi a random address each time I connect would be interesting for me.
Background: some business competitors know my wifi mac address and try to hack the router of my hotel to eventually hack my pc from the hacked router (no joke; and they’re highly skilled and equipped)
We have a WiFi connection in my university’s hostel and the WiFi is freakishly fast. There only hostel students can use the WiFi as they have submitted their Mac ID to the warden. They some some kind program that allows to connect if the MAC ID is registered.
Yep, It works via technitium.
I use this to get unban on the one server. Nothing special.
i am studying ethical hacking at my university so although i know the way to change the address of linux system , i was looking for windows method
Need to have same MAC for laptop and docking station for dhcp server
We need to block changing the mac id in our office, wanted to know if it is changeable in win 10 pro.
TeamViewer started flagging people as commercial users trying to force them to pay for the service, even though they are not commercial. So changing the mac address is a way to get around it.
Thanks for sharing this tip.
Hackers are on the wifi i am using and get to my pc ,,..knowing my mac address.
I wanted to circumvent Xfinity XFi parental controls by changing my MAC address so that my device was no longer blocked.
I don’t have the netword address option in properties. I found it on a different computer, what can be the problem?
Technitum works well.
Testing wireless enviroment with plain system
my company blocked the whatsapp web hence it’s important and widely use to communicate among us too!
I am studying for IT security and I am learning all practicable examples given in books.
my hp laptop adapter has a rare downfall. it chooses to lag and not connect to avail net connections due to AP issues. researching my problem user suggested changing laptop mac add and changing ip4 add and ip6 dns adds
it works
Trying to override parental controls
same here man
I changed cause my current mac adress was blocked
Appears my internet is no longer working on a hotel WiFi after using extended Netflix, so I want to change MAC to appear as a new user to their system to hopefully unlock new data as that’s the only way they can track me.
Simulation of ARINC-664 end system requires changing the MAC since the MAC includes the Virtual Link ID. Up to 4096 virtual links can exist on an single end system.
Somebody cloned my mac address
I reinstalled the windows 7 and i was unable to connect to wireless router.
I have created a list of devices with their mac addresses on the router. I tried every thing, at last the final option was to reset my router so i did it. Now after reading your tutorial i have created a string in the registry and i have remembered the my laptop’s mac address for future use. In case i reinstall the windows then i will reuse the old mac address. I don’t know much about the networking. May be i was missing some easy steps. By the way THANKS for this information sharing. GOD BLESS YOU.
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my mom keeps banning me from the network so I want to keep changing my laptop’s MAC address -turns out my system doesn’t support this feature :'(
I dual boot my PC in linux and windows, on the linux side I can use the AAC codec with my headphones. In the windows side I’m restricted to use SBC. I’m hoping that changig the mac address of the bt adapter in windows will ease the pairing problems I’m having. I guess that the headphones get somehow confused when I switch between win / linux.
Was in a hotel some time ago, their wi-fi blocked all Mac-adresses that where from consoles, like a xbox one.
Wow, nasty stuff on their part.
my pc ethernet is blockes several time by IT manager what I do for this problem
I changed it so my ethernet couldn’t be restricted from wifi =)
Changing MAC address is very easy, it was one way to control the sleep time for my kids. But since they learned to change the MAC, it’s not working anymore.
But allowing internet access only to listed MAC addresses shouem
But allowing internet access only to listed MAC addresses should fix the problem,
And if they decide to be smart about it again and changebthe MAC, they will have to come forward themselves since they won’t access internet at all.
My dad is blocking me.
I changed my mac address to bypass parental restrictions on my internet
Resetting router will not let me get back online, however, I was able to get online with a new device. So I figure if I change my Mac it should let me online. Or I have to wait for the internet provider to make a service call here. This problem has been a problem with routers for many many years and usually resetting the router fixes it but sometimes not. I would think over a decade they could resolve this very annoying, time consuming, and common problem without resetting the router or having a network admin handle it.
I want to change my Mac Address because my schools network administrator monitors all the computers on the network . I figured if I change the Mac address and IP address on my laptop to the MAC and IP address of a computer at my school , Ill be able to pretend to be said computer
testing automotive components that must talk to a specific MAC address. Need 50+ testers with same MAC address on adapter to automotive ethernet. Testers have 2 NICs. One to talk to the part and the other to connect to the “hive”.
My kid uses this to bypass parental controls. Awesome
School refuses to realize they need to let people use their own laptops on the wifi when they give us barely working chromebooks, idgaf.
I’ve been blacklisted by FortiGuard. I’ve tried changing my MAC address using Techtium, but I’m still blocked. Do you know how to fool FortiGuard?
I just attended work training where the trainer said you can not change a MAC address and I’m like, “yes, you can.”
Why did I want to change the MAC address? To prove her wrong.
Funny. :)))
So I can be nefarious and anonymous simultaneously. It’s not just my MAC address, though. All of my “public” data is lies. Who knows, maybe the internet even thinks I am you.
I see your email field says “remains private”. Jokes on you. That email is only going to remain, at all, for 8 more minutes.
To buy internet access on an airplane and use it on multiple devices. Unfortunately intel has made that difficult with their WiFi 6 AX201 adapter
We know the neighbor has spyware. We’ve seen various types throughout the years. We haven’t been able to find any help to stop any of the things he is doing. This is just another attempt to recover from a total takeover.
Need an more-advanced mac-changer that creates a NEW way to present ANY desired outward-facing mac identity.
Probably would be a more-complicated script than Technitium & others like it. It would have to continuously replace some ID packets. Way out of my knowledge level.
Own several newer 802.11ac adapters that REFUSE spoofing.
Am running across a few newer USB wifi adapters that do not allow MAC to be changed by any conventional means, including through registry or Technitium. The claim is “the drivers do not allow it”.
I agree there must be a more elaborate tool to allow any MAC address to be changed for those that require it. I think some new “Innovation” is required here. Wish I was smarter to arrive at a new solution.
Recently purchased two identical second-hand motherboards from the same supplier. The bios upgrade for dozens of these mobos was performed by this vendor in bulk. Apparently something went wrong there, and several mobos ended up with the same MAC address. Two PCs with the same MAC address didn’t work very well on my network… I’m gonna try bypassing the onboard network interface card on one of these 2 PCs with a PCIe or USB NIC. And if that doesn’t work, I hope to fall back on the solutions in the article. Thanks to my suplier for directing me to this article. Could save me the uninstall of a complete PC and returning one of the mobos to sender.
Once used ChipGenius to access an undetectable thumbdrive chip register to rewrite data & repair it.
It would be fantastic to have a similar app that could access/rewrite the hard-coded MAC addresses that seem to resist spoofing.
My workplace ID’s work devices from their MAC address, and even though they aren’t supposed to, impose restrictions on other devices.