MAC Address

joefuf · 05-17-2009, 05:47 PM

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.

**jcgriff2** · 05-17-2009, 06:16 PM

Sorry, but we can't help you circumvent school security policy by changing the MAC address to one that the system would not reject.

You should go talk with the IT Administrator at your school and get this straightened out. I had to do the same when my 15 year-old brought a Windows 7 laptop to school and it was considered to be an "illegal OS". She can now use it w/o reservation.

Please send me a PM if there is something here that I missed.

I must now close this thread.

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05-17-2009, 05:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
joefuf Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3 OS: Vista SP1	MAC Address 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.

05-17-2009, 06:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
jcgriff2 Moderator, Microsoft Support Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Palm Springs, California Posts: 9,984 OS: Windows 7, Vista Ultimate My System	Re: MAC Address Sorry, but we can't help you circumvent school security policy by changing the MAC address to one that the system would not reject. You should go talk with the IT Administrator at your school and get this straightened out. I had to do the same when my 15 year-old brought a Windows 7 laptop to school and it was considered to be an "illegal OS". She can now use it w/o reservation. Please send me a PM if there is something here that I missed. I must now close this thread. ` __________________ . . . . . . . . BSOD Posting Instructions B Expecting a reply and waiting > 36 hours ? Send a PM to me containing a link to your thread My availability will be limited through ~ October 2009 Last edited by jcgriff2; 05-17-2009 at 06:22 PM.