-----Original Message-----
They bind your ethernet MAC id. So if you are already using their connection on windows box you need to set your windows mac in linux.
Please guide me on this part (setting the windows MAC). -- Mac ids are in the hardware not OS. It is the same in all OSs unless it is cloned from another device in a particular OS.
Regards,
Rony.
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
-----Original Message-----
They bind your ethernet MAC id. So if you are already using their connection on windows box you need to set your windows mac in linux.
Please guide me on this part (setting the windows MAC).
Mac ids are in the hardware not OS. It is the same in all OSs unless it is cloned from another device in a particular OS.
I thought he is using the internet connection from another system.
Changing MAC address of a machine is called _spoofing_ a MAC address or _faking_ a MAC address.
These are some use cases where you might think of changing the MAC address of your machine.
- For privacy: For instance when you are connecting to a Wi-Fi hotspot.
-To ensure interoperability: Some internet service providers bind their service to a specific MAC address; if the user then changes their network card or intends to install a router, the service won't work anymore. Changing the MAC address of the new interface will solve the problem. ( re-read this thread )
-- Regards, Sachin
On 10/31/2011 11:12 PM, Sachin Divekar wrote:
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
-----Original Message-----
They bind your ethernet MAC id. So if you are already using their connection on windows box you need to set your windows mac in linux.
Please guide me on this part (setting the windows MAC).
Mac ids are in the hardware not OS. It is the same in all OSs unless it is cloned from another device in a particular OS.
I thought he is using the internet connection from another system.
He had mentioned dual booting of XP and Fedora.
Changing MAC address of a machine is called _spoofing_ a MAC address or _faking_ a MAC address.
These are some use cases where you might think of changing the MAC address of your machine.
- For privacy: For instance when you are connecting to a Wi-Fi hotspot.
How many times should one change the MAC id to remain anonymous and how does one do it randomly every time the machine is used?
-To ensure interoperability: Some internet service providers bind their service to a specific MAC address; if the user then changes their network card or intends to install a router, the service won't work anymore. Changing the MAC address of the new interface will solve the problem. ( re-read this thread )
Could you expand on the interoperability part, on what is it and how does binding of MAC id help ensure that?
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 6:34 AM, Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
On 10/31/2011 11:12 PM, Sachin Divekar wrote:
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
-----Original Message-----
They bind your ethernet MAC id. So if you are already using their connection on windows box you need to set your windows mac in linux.
Please guide me on this part (setting the windows MAC).
Mac ids are in the hardware not OS. It is the same in all OSs unless it
is
cloned from another device in a particular OS.
I thought he is using the internet connection from another system.
He had mentioned dual booting of XP and Fedora.
Changing MAC address of a machine is called _spoofing_ a MAC address or _faking_ a MAC address.
These are some use cases where you might think of changing the MAC
address
of your machine.
- For privacy: For instance when you are connecting to a Wi-Fi hotspot.
How many times should one change the MAC id to remain anonymous and how does one do it randomly every time the machine is used?
-To ensure interoperability: Some internet service providers bind their service to a specific MAC address; if the user then changes their network card or intends to install a router, the service won't work anymore. Changing the MAC address of the new interface will solve the problem. ( re-read this thread )
Could you expand on the interoperability part, on what is it and how does binding of MAC id help ensure that?
This particular ISP (SSV) bind ethernet MAC address for authentication. So according to them if someone is using one machine then he must stick to that if he do not have router.
When ISP's technician visits home for any troubleshooting, he can't handle my linux box and he can not understand router's functioning and settings. He always checks connection on from my windows box and during the process binds windows system's MAC. Then again I have to change MAC(physical address) of router or my laptop(ubuntu) to use this internet connection.
-- Sachin
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Regards,
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Rony -
Sachin Divekar