It’s not as though people can come in here and make use of the Internet without being a passenger.īecause the network depends on my MacBook’s MAC address to identify it, changing the MAC address gives me a fresh start. Every person here in the departure area is obviously destined to get on a plane and leave. Quite why they have a time limit is a mystery to me. I’ve not yet reached the end of the 45 minutes, but there’s a chance the network will lock my MacBook out once the 45 minutes is over. They provide free wi-fi access, and yet in their wisdom Heathrow decided to only allow a device to connect for 45 minutes. Changing your MAC address is commonly called spoofingthe MAC address.įor instance, right now I am in London Heathrow airport. It will revert back when you reboot your device. As it is hardware encoded, it can only be changed temporarily.
There are situations where it is useful to temporarily change your device’s MAC address. a MAC address takes the following format: 01-23-45-67-89-ab Why change your MAC address? This enables networks and other network capable devices (such as your wi-fi router) to differentiate one device from another. The Wi-Fi chip in your Apple computer, iPad, iPod, iPhone, Kindle, Android phone, Windows computer, etc., has a hardware level identifier. In this case, however, MAC refers not to your computer but to the unique Media Access Control code assigned to every device capable of connecting to a network.
It works on Big Sur, in case you’re wondering.įor some Apple Mac users a “mac address” may sound like a reference to the current location of your computer.
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NOTE: - 2021-May - There’s a related post on how to spoof your MAC address, free, using a script.
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