HOW TO CHANGE YOUR IP ADDRESS BY SPOOFING YOUR MAC ADDRESS
by: Matt
DISCLAIMER:
Use these methods at your OWN RISK. I am NOT responsible to any damage that you do to your computer hardware or software while you attempt to follow this guide. This guide is for educational purposes only and should not be used with ill intent.
INTRODUCTION
“WE ALREADY KNOW HOW TO CHANGE OUR IP NOOB”
Yes, I realize most people probably know how to create a static IP address. This is great if you’re on DSL and your ISP enables DHCP, allowing you a seemingly infinite pool of IP addresses. However, many ISPs assign an IP address to your computer based on another parameter, your MAC address. For these people who may have had trouble changing their IPs in the past, even following every guide and rule to the smallest detail, I hope to bring optimism.
BENEFITS OF CHANGING YOUR IP
Your IP, or internet protocol, is basically your computers address. Websites you access track you based on your IP, and this is how Neopets is able to chain freeze accounts. Without changing your IP, it is dangerous to logon to multiple accounts because TNT realizes the same person is using multiple accounts. Thus, transferring NP or items between shells/mains becomes increasingly difficult.
WHAT IS A MAC ADDRESS?
If your IP is your computers address, a Media Access Control (MAC) address is your social security number. Now, I use this metaphor loosely because a person can traditionally only have one social security number :P. Any hardware in your computer that has access to the internet has its own unique MAC address, but for all intents and purposes, we will focus on the component that matters: your computers network card, integrated or not.
Manufacturers usually provide their components with their own unique MAC address that distinguishes the manufacturer. Just like you can tell the make of a car from its emblem, you can tell the make of a network card by its MAC address. The information is stored in the read-only partition of your components memory, but with a little tweaking, this information can be changed.
Here’s what a MAC address looks like: 01:23:45:67:89:AB.
Once you change your MAC address and attempt to access the internet through your ISP, your ISP will perceive the new MAC address as a new component on the network and provide it with a new IP.
SO HOW DO I DO IT?
There are many ways to change a computers MAC address, and they vary by computer OS. For this purpose, we’re going to use a simple program called SMAC MAC to accomplish this.
Download: http://smactool.com/smac/smac27_down…beta_setup.exe
BEFORE WE START: Let’s go to www.whatismyip.com and log our current IP address.
Here is the interface you will see when you get in the program:
Of course, I’ve grayed out my personal details, and your “Spoofed” status will say No when you first load the program.
The first thing you need to do is select a manufacturer from the drop down menu. I use Microsoft Corporation by default, but many of them should work for you.
The second thing you need to do is click Random a couple of times to randomize your generated MAC address.
The third thing you need to do is click Update MAC. This will cause your network adapter to reset, and your Active MAC should change.
Sometimes I like to restart my network adapter manually by clicking on the fourth button.
Allow your network adapter to reestablish a connection to the internet and attempt to go to www.whatismyip.com to see if your IP address has changed.
CONCLUSION
If it has changed, congratulations. TNT will now see you as a different beast.
If your IP has not changed, there are many reasons as to why this may be so. I will attempt to help anyone with any problems they have, but I am no tech guru. Please read the disclaimer.
