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Banning MAC addresses is a must for large univerities (and probably any large network where you have frequent guests and do not have employer/employee power rel
by dfc 15y ago
Banning MAC addresses is a must for large univerities (and probably any large network where you have frequent guests and do not have employer/employee power relations).
Yes you can change your MAC address. But this type of policy is in place in order to stop misconfigured machines or malware ridden machines from connecting to the network.
- shabble 15y agoStill, at least it's an improvement on the system my university network imposed, which required pre-registration of your MAC address for your assigned room port. Any other MAC detected would immediately block the port at the switch level (and require a helpdesk call, and up to 3 days wait) to fix. It taught me some useful things about the linux system init process, and where to stick the mac spoofing setup call though, so not a total loss