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No tools needed: `arp -a` followed by `sudo ifconfig en0 ether $macaddress` should be enough. You'd be surprised on how many paid-for hotspots this actu
by jrnkntl 13y ago
No tools needed:
`arp -a`
followed by
`sudo ifconfig en0 ether $macaddress`
should be enough. You'd be surprised on how many paid-for hotspots this actually works (ethical issues aside).
- NoodleIncident 13y agoI haven't gotten TFA to load yet. Is this the same thing? What exactly does this do?
- jrnkntl 13y agoarp: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=arp&sektion=8 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=arp&sektion=8 arp -a gives you a list of other connected devices on the network with their IP and mac address. For a paid-for hotspot this usually means devices that have paid for access and are active. the ifconfig command changes your mac address into one of the chosen above; the AP thinks you're one of the earlier connected devices and gives you access to the internet.
- NoodleIncident 13y agoThanks for the explanation. The network I'm on has a bunch of people connected, but `arp -a` only prints one line. Is this the access point isolation the article refers to? Also, why do they bother replaying the session, if changing the mac address is all that it takes?