On 10/31/2011 11:12 PM, Sachin Divekar wrote:
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Rony gnulinuxist@gmail.com wrote:
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They bind your ethernet MAC id. So if you are already using their connection on windows box you need to set your windows mac in linux.
Please guide me on this part (setting the windows MAC).
Mac ids are in the hardware not OS. It is the same in all OSs unless it is cloned from another device in a particular OS.
I thought he is using the internet connection from another system.
He had mentioned dual booting of XP and Fedora.
Changing MAC address of a machine is called _spoofing_ a MAC address or _faking_ a MAC address.
These are some use cases where you might think of changing the MAC address of your machine.
- For privacy: For instance when you are connecting to a Wi-Fi hotspot.
How many times should one change the MAC id to remain anonymous and how does one do it randomly every time the machine is used?
-To ensure interoperability: Some internet service providers bind their service to a specific MAC address; if the user then changes their network card or intends to install a router, the service won't work anymore. Changing the MAC address of the new interface will solve the problem. ( re-read this thread )
Could you expand on the interoperability part, on what is it and how does binding of MAC id help ensure that?