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Today, I'm gonna teach you how to hack into LAN network restricted to certain Mac Address. About two years ago, I stayed in the hostel, where abundance of very nice Indonesians had several private server set-up, initially made available to the hall residence, and recently was made available to public. After moving to off-campus apartment, I still missed the good old days of fast download and getting what you want at transfer rate of 1.5MBytes per second. So, I decided to spoof into the network, as connection over Ethernet is plainly slower than Local Area Network.

Let me explain how this works briefly. LAN network controlled by Mac Address works by storing authorised Mac Address onto a particular server/network controller/router. Due to individual architecture difference of these types of interfaces, I would not want to go into trouble by explaining steps for each of these interfaces. The logic is simple. Firstly, deceive yourself as an authorised Mac Address. Then using that to obtain a Mac Address list of currently active authorised individual computers. From then on, you can trick the controller interface into believing you're the genuine authorised Mac Address. One limitation of this type of hacking is that, it only works on cabled connected LAN. I shall post a guide on how to hack into WLAN soon.

Note: This guide is customised for Vista users.


Step 1:

Open your notepad and type the following text:

arp -a >c:\Users\%USERNAME%\Desktop\macaddress.

Afterward, at menu bar click "File" and "Save As". For file name, type it as:

MacAdd.cmd

For Save as type, select All Files. Just like the following:


You're done.
For complete lost reader, you can skip all the steps above and download the file here



Step 2:

Now, connect to LAN using cable, and for Windows Vista users, when prompted, identify the network as Private. After which, your connection status should show no internet connectivity. Double click of the file you've just recreated. You should notice a text file named "macaddress" on your desktop. Open the file and look for physical addresses labeled dynamic under 'Type' column. Usually, you'd have more than one dynamic physical address (also called Mac Address). Jot down the addresses and before proceed to Step 3, save the current text file with another file name. This is because, we're going to use back the information here later on.


Step 3:

Get a copy of the software called Mac MakeUp here. It's a convenient software working with portability. You don't need to install it, it doesn't leave trace in your Windows registry, which means it should not be harming your computer. You should also note that Mac MakeUp does not change your original mac address, it merely add a mask to it, when you remove the mask, your mac address is still there. Just double click to activate it. Select the correct network adapter, do not mess up with WLAN controller.


Now, replace the addresses jotted down from Step 2 onto the New address. Then click "Change" and "Cycle interface now". If your connection status shows Limited Connectivity, please manually refresh your adapter, by disabling and re-enabling it. To do so, click on your connection status at system tray icon, then Network and Sharing Center, Manage network connections and right click on respective controller to disable and re-enabling.

When you're connected to LAN via the address from Step 2, double click on file created from Step 1 again to get a list of currently active authorised addresses.

Delete any addresses coincide with addresses you get from the file created in Step 2, then save the text file with another name, says "macaddress1".


Step 4:

You can now choose any address from the filtered list. To get best connectivity, ie: stable and reliable, you should pick the addresses not in use. To pick these addresses, you can repeat Step 2, and then compare the output file with previously saved text file.


Step 5:

There is no step 5, except to enjoy your connection! :))))



This is not very elegant way of getting free connection, but it works. One of the investment style in this world, is picking stocks which are undervalued. Buy it, and resell it when market realises the potential. Warren Buffet called it a cigar butt approach of investing. You walk down the street and you look around for a cigar putt someplace, finally you see one and it is soggy and kind of repulsive, but there is one puff left in it. So, you pick it up and the puff is free. You get one free puff on it and then you throw it away and try looking for another one. It's not elegant, but it works. It's a low yield investment. So, to enjoy on-going connection, you should subscribe to internet service provider in your area. Enjoy! Wah!


Disclaimer: This is purely educational and the writer does not provide any assistance for individual user.