XPost: alt.internet.wireless, alt.hacker, alt.hackers.malicious   
      
   dave hillstrom wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Can't you just drive by a Starbucks?   
      
   I a MAC address a Mac thing? What does MAC stand for?   
      
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