4 ms·
Show HN: I got unlimited airport WiFi access
Most airports offer wifi in following variants:
#1 unlimited free wifi access
#2 time-limited free wifi e.g. 2 hours, after this one has to pay
#3 pay upfront for wifi
I happen to be in a #2 airport and figured that by changing my MAC address I should be able to circumvent the artificial limitation by the airport through knowing my initial MAC address.
On my macbook though the commands ```sudo ifconfig en1 ether 00:e2:e3:e4:e5:e6``` don't seem to work after the year 2018 (thank you apple). After some search though I was able to change the MAC address https://github.com/feross/SpoofMAC and enjoy now unlimited wifi while waiting for the airplane.
- oandhjakk 4y agoAnother tip for public wifi is to use OpenVPN over tcp/443 as an exit node to route any traffic you like. Obviously you should always be using a VPN on an untrusted network but this way you can bypass all content/media type restrictions.
- xkcd1963 4y agoThanks, its free up to 3 users. Previously I had used ExpressVPN which costs 30 bugs a month..
- texasbigdata 4y agoAlso an old express user with “find close to free vpn” on my todo list today!! Thank you kind stranger