MAC address

Hello, I want to ask how to change MAC address in Raspbmc? Thanks.

Giedrius.

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sudo ifconfig eth0 down
sudo ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:01:02:03:04:05

It doesn't work MAC is still the same.

why do you want to change the MAC address

Because my internet supplier allows to use internet only for one computer. But I can have internet connection for all computers if I use the same MAC address. Can you help me?

Add a router is the normal solution so you ISP only sees the MAC address of the router.

Cable and broadband routers are very common usually with four ethernet ports, even to extent of routers put your side of cable modems.

I have often connected cable router to cable modem, then power cycled the cable modem to register the single MAC address of the router. Not seen a case in UK where that does not work yet.

Your ISP only allows a connection for single computer? Yowser. It's like 1975.

Your ISP only allows a connection for single computer? Yowser. It's like 1975.

Because I live in a student's house. One internet cable is for one person and it's very cheap. Lithuania is quite good at internet technologies if you know

Because my internet supplier allows to use internet only for one computer. But I can have internet connection for all computers if I use the same MAC address. Can you help me?

But you cannot have more than one host with the same MAC on a single subnet. So this still only allows you to use one computer on the internet at a time?

Anyway, kasjo's method for changing MAC should work, but you may find that the system brings the interface back up automatically when you down it, meaning that you have to type the second command very quickly. Try doing it on one line:

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sudo ifconfig eth0 down hw ether 00:01:02:03:04:05

Because my internet supplier allows to use internet only for one computer. But I can have internet connection for all computers if I use the same MAC address. Can you help me?

But you cannot have more than one host with the same MAC on a single subnet. So this still only allows you to use one computer on the internet at a time?

Anyway, kasjo's method for changing MAC should work, but you may find that the system brings the interface back up automatically when you down it, meaning that you have to type the second command very quickly. Try doing it on one line:

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sudo ifconfig eth0 down hw ether 00:01:02:03:04:05

It doesn't work, or maybe I am doing something not correctly. When I type this code, what do I need to do next? How can I get back in raspbmc?

Some time ago I found this

by dom » 11 Feb 2013 13:29
If you include
smsc95xx.macaddr=B8:27:EB:59:EB:25
in your own cmdline.txt then start.elf won't set the default one.

Though I can't find where

Have you seen this thread.

http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5486