XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless   
   From: alice.jones-donotspam@ptd.net   
      
   Jeff Liebermann wrote in message   
   s3vpab5ivum2dbj3rbbklk1eod44j900qq@4ax.com:   
      
   > That doesn't work.  Using the router feature of MAC address cloning or   
   > changing only changed the MAC address for the WAN (internet) port.   
   > That's useful for the few remaining ISP's that authenticate by MAC   
   > address, but not really a good privacy measure.  The MAC addresses for   
   > the LAN side, including the wireless, remains unchanged.  Since Google   
   > wants the LAN MAC address for their directory of wi-fi devices, you're   
   > stuck with the MAC address delivered by your wireless router vendor.   
   >   
   > The only way I can currently think of changing the wi-fi MAC address   
   > is to plug a wireless card into a PC or SBC (single board computah),   
   > set it up to act as an access point, and change the MAC address in   
   > Linux.   
   >    
   > I haven't tried this.   
      
   DRAT.   
      
   Can you further clarify WHICH mac address Google is getting?   
      
   I know a typical SOHO router has a bunch of mac addresses, one for each NIC.   
   MAC0 = WAN Ethernet port <=== is this the one that is easily cloned?   
   ----------   
   MAC1 = LAN Ethernet port 1   
   MAC2 = LAN Ethernet port 2   
   MAC3 = LAN Ethernet port 3   
   MAC4 = LAN Ethernet port 4   
   ----------   
   MAC5 = LAN WiFi 2.4GHz <====I think you're saying they get this   
   MAC6 = LAN WiFi 5GHz <======and this   
   ----------   
      
   Are you saying that Google is saving a MAC address which you can't   
   normally change on our SOHO routers?   
      
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