XPost: alt.internet.wireless, alt.hacker, alt.hackers.malicious   
   From: dAvE@MeOw.oRg   
      
   On Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:15:17 GMT, jumpin jeffery    
   wrote:   
      
   >bobbbybobbyiii@yahoo.com wrote:   
   >> Hello everyone   
   >>   
   >> I have an 'Belkin High-Speed Mode Wireless G USB Network Adaptor'   
   >> installed on my computer. Does anyone know a way to change or spoof the   
   >> MAC Address of the USB?   
   >>   
   >> How do you achieve this without the use of software? And is possible   
   >> with the use of software? TIA   
   >>   
   >> (I've already checked properties via the 'Device Manager'.)   
   >>   
   >> Bobby   
   >>   
   >Your USB isn't the one with the MAC address, it's the   
   >eathernet port. It's in the hardware. I don't know of any   
   >way to change it.   
   >Why would you want to?   
   >   
   >   
   >It might be possible to spoof it through a software hack,   
   >but this would be 1) risky 2) slow your connection 3) not   
   >easy 4) probably unnessesary if you are using an intranet   
      
   the MAC address on ethernet cards is held in a teensie little piece of   
   ROM silicon on you network card.  there is no changing it in hardware.   
   (well, ~I~ could, with a soldering iron and a new serial PROM part,   
   but it would take some research and time.)  its there so that every   
   single goddamned NIC has a unique hardware address so that clashes on   
   networks are minimized.   
      
   as for the wireless network, i imagine they ALSO use a unique set of   
   numbers to eliminate data confusion.  but dont get the USB interface   
   on the box confused logically with the wireless interface on the box.   
   USB uses a different format for unique identification, as the maximum   
   allowed USB devices that can be connected all together is rather small   
   compared to the bazillions that ethernet, or potentially wireless, can   
   connect.   
      
   if what you are trying to do is to masquerade as a recognized wireless   
   device on someone elses network, say your neighbor who has broadband,   
   if they have the basic security shit set up for their wireless network   
   youll have a VERY hard time getting in.   
      
      
   jesuslordgod.  i actually sound like i know what im talking about.   
      
   scary.   
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