MAC Address

[joefuf]

Not sure if this belongs in this section...

At my high school, my laptop has been blocked on the wireless internet that we have. I wasn’t doing anything bad, it’s just the policy that the administrator told our IT guy – if a new MAC address pops up that he didn’t hook up, he’s supposed to block it. Since mine’s been blocked, I have tried a few different ways to change my MAC address (or spoof it). MacMakeup didn’t seem to take on my computer and then I tried SMAC which looked like it was doing the job, but didn’t.

According to MacMakeup my network adapters are:
RealTek RTL8186D/8111D Family PCI-E GBE NIC (ver. 6.217.226.20)
Dell Wireless1397 WLAN Mini-Card (ver. 4.170.77.3)

When I used SMAC I could change the MAC address of the RealTek one, but I think that I read somewhere that it was my Ethernet adapter.

Is there another program that I should use or a way that is easier or better to change my MAC address?

My computer is:
Dell Vostro 1520
Vista SP1     32-bit

Thanks.

[Griff]

If you weren't doing anything wrong, can't you just contact the IT guys and ask them to lift the ban?

I don't know how much we can help you here. If your school doesn't want you using their internet, we can't really help you sneak around it... as stupid as that schools rules sound anyway.

[patio]

Sorry we cannot assist you going around any in place measures taken by your school's IT department whether it worked before or not.
Talk to the IT guys at school.

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