From: Alexander Hall (alexanderbeard.se)
Date: Mon Jan 07 2008 - 11:01:54 CST

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xlTargus Neoprene wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in my flat I can "see" a lot of "open" connection points. They do not
> require a password and, in principle, I can log in every time... but
> they seem to be protected with a mac filter, because I cannot get an
> IP address via dhclient
>
> I have a naive question: Is there any way to avoid that? I mean: is
> there a way to surpass the mac filter and get an ip?
>
> Thanks
>

I guess the following would work:

- use tcpdump to determine a valid mac address
- use ifconfig's lladdr to use it yourself

...if you really want to. Of course strange things will happen if you
and the legitimate user tries wishes to be connected at the same time.

man tcpdump
man ifconfig

/Alexander

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