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* [gentoo-user] spoof mac address
@ 2013-09-10 17:47 Joseph
  2013-09-10 18:05 ` joost
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From: Joseph @ 2013-09-10 17:47 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

Does anybody know how to spoof mac address on Gentoo?

I want to connect a machine directly to the modem but if I do so my static IP will change; so to retain static IP I want to spoof mac address on one of my machine to 
the same MAC as on my router.

-- 
Joseph


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* Re: [gentoo-user] spoof mac address
  2013-09-10 17:47 [gentoo-user] spoof mac address Joseph
@ 2013-09-10 18:05 ` joost
  2013-09-10 19:30   ` Mick
  2013-09-10 18:24 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
                   ` (2 subsequent siblings)
  3 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: joost @ 2013-09-10 18:05 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

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I don't have access to a Gentoo box atm. But there is an option in /etc/conf.d/net for this.
Check the net.example file.

--
Joost

Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com> wrote:
>Does anybody know how to spoof mac address on Gentoo?
>
>I want to connect a machine directly to the modem but if I do so my
>static IP will change; so to retain static IP I want to spoof mac
>address on one of my machine to 
>the same MAC as on my router.
>
>-- 
>Joseph

-- 
Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

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* Re: [gentoo-user] spoof mac address
  2013-09-10 17:47 [gentoo-user] spoof mac address Joseph
  2013-09-10 18:05 ` joost
@ 2013-09-10 18:24 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
  2013-09-10 19:11 ` Albert
  2013-09-10 21:10 ` Alan McKinnon
  3 siblings, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Canek Peláez Valdés @ 2013-09-10 18:24 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anybody know how to spoof mac address on Gentoo?
>
> I want to connect a machine directly to the modem but if I do so my static
> IP will change; so to retain static IP I want to spoof mac address on one of
> my machine to the same MAC as on my router.

emerge -v net-analyzer/macchanger
macchanger --mac=00:11:22:33:44:55 device

Regards.
-- 
Canek Peláez Valdés
Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México


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* Re: [gentoo-user] spoof mac address
  2013-09-10 17:47 [gentoo-user] spoof mac address Joseph
  2013-09-10 18:05 ` joost
  2013-09-10 18:24 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
@ 2013-09-10 19:11 ` Albert
  2013-09-10 19:38   ` Joseph
  2013-09-10 21:10 ` Alan McKinnon
  3 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: Albert @ 2013-09-10 19:11 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

Al 10/09/2013 19:47, En/na Joseph ha escrit:
> Does anybody know how to spoof mac address on Gentoo?
>
> I want to connect a machine directly to the modem but if I do so my 
> static IP will change; so to retain static IP I want to spoof mac 
> address on one of my machine to the same MAC as on my router.
>
ifconfig yournetdevice hw ether 00:00:de:ad:be:ef


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* Re: [gentoo-user] spoof mac address
  2013-09-10 18:05 ` joost
@ 2013-09-10 19:30   ` Mick
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Mick @ 2013-09-10 19:30 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

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On Tuesday 10 Sep 2013 19:05:59 joost@antarean.org wrote:
> I don't have access to a Gentoo box atm. But there is an option in
> /etc/conf.d/net for this. Check the net.example file.

mac_eth0="00:11:22:33:44:55"

You will also need to set up PPPoE with username and password for 
authenticating on your ISP's radius server, unless your modem is in half-
bridge mode.

-- 
Regards,
Mick

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* Re: [gentoo-user] spoof mac address
  2013-09-10 19:11 ` Albert
@ 2013-09-10 19:38   ` Joseph
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Joseph @ 2013-09-10 19:38 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On 09/10/13 21:11, Albert wrote:
>Al 10/09/2013 19:47, En/na Joseph ha escrit:
>> Does anybody know how to spoof mac address on Gentoo?
>>
>> I want to connect a machine directly to the modem but if I do so my
>> static IP will change; so to retain static IP I want to spoof mac
>> address on one of my machine to the same MAC as on my router.
>>
>ifconfig yournetdevice hw ether 00:00:de:ad:be:ef
>

Yes, that is what I did:

# ifconfig net0 down
# ifconfig net0 hw ether 00:21:5A:9B:00:F2
# ifconfig net0 up

Now how to reset to the original mac address, without restarting. 

-- 
Joseph


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* Re: [gentoo-user] spoof mac address
  2013-09-10 17:47 [gentoo-user] spoof mac address Joseph
                   ` (2 preceding siblings ...)
  2013-09-10 19:11 ` Albert
@ 2013-09-10 21:10 ` Alan McKinnon
  2013-09-10 21:38   ` Joseph
  2013-09-10 21:50   ` Joseph
  3 siblings, 2 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Alan McKinnon @ 2013-09-10 21:10 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On 10/09/2013 19:47, Joseph wrote:
> Does anybody know how to spoof mac address on Gentoo?
> 
> I want to connect a machine directly to the modem but if I do so my
> static IP will change; so to retain static IP I want to spoof mac
> address on one of my machine to the same MAC as on my router.
> 


If you have a host and a router with the same MAC address, how do you
suppose ethernet will continue to work?

Instead, rather do it right - your modem has a dhcp server. Configure it
to supply a specific address to your host's MAC address. Or, just set
the address statically in /etc/conf.d/net and don't use dhcp.

Or, do you actually want to bridge the modem and do pppoe on the host
instead of by the modem?

in /etc/conf.c/net:

mac_key_001122334455="s:foobar"

documented in /usr/share/doc/netifrc*/net.example.bz2

If you use a different network manager, consult that packages own docs
on how to change mac addresses.



-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com



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* Re: [gentoo-user] spoof mac address
  2013-09-10 21:10 ` Alan McKinnon
@ 2013-09-10 21:38   ` Joseph
  2013-09-10 21:48     ` Mick
  2013-09-10 21:50   ` Joseph
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: Joseph @ 2013-09-10 21:38 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

My connection to my provider is kind of slow, so they suggested I connect one of the box directly to the cable modem.
Since I have a dynamic IP (that hardly ever changes), I'll disconnect the router and configure one of my box to the same mac address has router eth0 has and connect it to 
the mode.
This should ensure that my IP will not change.

All I want to do is to run a test speed from: testmy.net
--
Joseph


On 09/10/13 23:10, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>On 10/09/2013 19:47, Joseph wrote:
>> Does anybody know how to spoof mac address on Gentoo?
>>
>> I want to connect a machine directly to the modem but if I do so my
>> static IP will change; so to retain static IP I want to spoof mac
>> address on one of my machine to the same MAC as on my router.
>>
>
>
>If you have a host and a router with the same MAC address, how do you
>suppose ethernet will continue to work?
>
>Instead, rather do it right - your modem has a dhcp server. Configure it
>to supply a specific address to your host's MAC address. Or, just set
>the address statically in /etc/conf.d/net and don't use dhcp.
>
>Or, do you actually want to bridge the modem and do pppoe on the host
>instead of by the modem?
>
>in /etc/conf.c/net:
>
>mac_key_001122334455="s:foobar"
>
>documented in /usr/share/doc/netifrc*/net.example.bz2
>
>If you use a different network manager, consult that packages own docs
>on how to change mac addresses.
>
>
>
>-- 
>Alan McKinnon
>alan.mckinnon@gmail.com


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* Re: [gentoo-user] spoof mac address
  2013-09-10 21:38   ` Joseph
@ 2013-09-10 21:48     ` Mick
  2013-09-10 22:44       ` Joseph
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: Mick @ 2013-09-10 21:48 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

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On Tuesday 10 Sep 2013 22:38:35 Joseph wrote:
> My connection to my provider is kind of slow, so they suggested I connect
> one of the box directly to the cable modem. Since I have a dynamic IP
> (that hardly ever changes), I'll disconnect the router and configure one
> of my box to the same mac address has router eth0 has and connect it to
> the mode.

You would normally also need to authenticate onto your ISP's network, a 
function previously performed by the modem.  Unless you connect a router 
behind the modem to do the PPPoE authentication you will need to do this at 
the PC.


> This should ensure that my IP will not change.

There is a possibility that you will pick up a new IP address if your 
connection resync's.


> All I want to do is to run a test speed from: testmy.net

I will be *really* surprised if you see a difference in speed in any way 
attributable to the change you want to implement at the modem.

-- 
Regards,
Mick

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* Re: [gentoo-user] spoof mac address
  2013-09-10 21:10 ` Alan McKinnon
  2013-09-10 21:38   ` Joseph
@ 2013-09-10 21:50   ` Joseph
  2013-09-10 22:44     ` Alan McKinnon
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: Joseph @ 2013-09-10 21:50 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

I forgot to mention.
My router is an old 486-box running freesco. So I'm trying to find out if the router is the problem with slow connection.
as my download speed on cable is only 3.7Mbps and it should be about 15Mbps up to 25Mbps
upload speed is 1.5Mbps

--
Joseph

On 09/10/13 23:10, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>On 10/09/2013 19:47, Joseph wrote:
>> Does anybody know how to spoof mac address on Gentoo?
>>
>> I want to connect a machine directly to the modem but if I do so my
>> static IP will change; so to retain static IP I want to spoof mac
>> address on one of my machine to the same MAC as on my router.
>>
>
>
>If you have a host and a router with the same MAC address, how do you
>suppose ethernet will continue to work?
>
>Instead, rather do it right - your modem has a dhcp server. Configure it
>to supply a specific address to your host's MAC address. Or, just set
>the address statically in /etc/conf.d/net and don't use dhcp.
>
>Or, do you actually want to bridge the modem and do pppoe on the host
>instead of by the modem?
>
>in /etc/conf.c/net:
>
>mac_key_001122334455="s:foobar"
>
>documented in /usr/share/doc/netifrc*/net.example.bz2
>
>If you use a different network manager, consult that packages own docs
>on how to change mac addresses.
>
>
>
>-- 
>Alan McKinnon
>alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
>
>

-- 
Joseph


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* Re: [gentoo-user] spoof mac address
  2013-09-10 21:48     ` Mick
@ 2013-09-10 22:44       ` Joseph
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Joseph @ 2013-09-10 22:44 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On 09/10/13 22:48, Mick wrote:
>On Tuesday 10 Sep 2013 22:38:35 Joseph wrote:
>> My connection to my provider is kind of slow, so they suggested I connect
>> one of the box directly to the cable modem. Since I have a dynamic IP
>> (that hardly ever changes), I'll disconnect the router and configure one
>> of my box to the same mac address has router eth0 has and connect it to
>> the mode.
>
>You would normally also need to authenticate onto your ISP's network, a
>function previously performed by the modem.  Unless you connect a router
>behind the modem to do the PPPoE authentication you will need to do this at
>the PC.
>
>
>> This should ensure that my IP will not change.
>
>There is a possibility that you will pick up a new IP address if your
>connection resync's.
>
>
>> All I want to do is to run a test speed from: testmy.net
>
>I will be *really* surprised if you see a difference in speed in any way
>attributable to the change you want to implement at the modem.
>
>-- 
>Regards,
>Mick

I just changed the MAC and I got the same IP from the shaw modem but you are correct the speed did not improved I got only 4Mbps down.

-- 
Joseph


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* Re: [gentoo-user] spoof mac address
  2013-09-10 21:50   ` Joseph
@ 2013-09-10 22:44     ` Alan McKinnon
  2013-09-11  0:06       ` Joseph
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 13+ messages in thread
From: Alan McKinnon @ 2013-09-10 22:44 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On 10/09/2013 23:50, Joseph wrote:
> I forgot to mention.
> My router is an old 486-box running freesco. So I'm trying to find out
> if the router is the problem with slow connection.
> as my download speed on cable is only 3.7Mbps and it should be about
> 15Mbps up to 25Mbps
> upload speed is 1.5Mbps



What speed NIC do you have in that 486?

10M? 100M? And is it running full duplex?

3.7M is, IIRC, about what I'd expect from 10M half-duplex. NIC cards of
that era were prone to getting auto-negotiation badly wrong.
Even an old 486 should be able to deal with 100M traffic easily.

Even so, I'd still not trust your cable provider's advice. There is
still a good chance the problem really is with the cable connection.

> 
> -- 
> Joseph
> 
> On 09/10/13 23:10, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> On 10/09/2013 19:47, Joseph wrote:
>>> Does anybody know how to spoof mac address on Gentoo?
>>>
>>> I want to connect a machine directly to the modem but if I do so my
>>> static IP will change; so to retain static IP I want to spoof mac
>>> address on one of my machine to the same MAC as on my router.
>>>
>>
>>
>> If you have a host and a router with the same MAC address, how do you
>> suppose ethernet will continue to work?
>>
>> Instead, rather do it right - your modem has a dhcp server. Configure it
>> to supply a specific address to your host's MAC address. Or, just set
>> the address statically in /etc/conf.d/net and don't use dhcp.
>>
>> Or, do you actually want to bridge the modem and do pppoe on the host
>> instead of by the modem?
>>
>> in /etc/conf.c/net:
>>
>> mac_key_001122334455="s:foobar"
>>
>> documented in /usr/share/doc/netifrc*/net.example.bz2
>>
>> If you use a different network manager, consult that packages own docs
>> on how to change mac addresses.
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Alan McKinnon
>> alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
>>
>>
> 


-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com



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* Re: [gentoo-user] spoof mac address
  2013-09-10 22:44     ` Alan McKinnon
@ 2013-09-11  0:06       ` Joseph
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 13+ messages in thread
From: Joseph @ 2013-09-11  0:06 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

On 09/11/13 00:44, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>On 10/09/2013 23:50, Joseph wrote:
>> I forgot to mention.
>> My router is an old 486-box running freesco. So I'm trying to find out
>> if the router is the problem with slow connection.
>> as my download speed on cable is only 3.7Mbps and it should be about
>> 15Mbps up to 25Mbps
>> upload speed is 1.5Mbps
>
>
>
>What speed NIC do you have in that 486?
>
>10M? 100M? And is it running full duplex?
>
>3.7M is, IIRC, about what I'd expect from 10M half-duplex. NIC cards of
>that era were prone to getting auto-negotiation badly wrong.
>Even an old 486 should be able to deal with 100M traffic easily.
>
>Even so, I'd still not trust your cable provider's advice. There is
>still a good chance the problem really is with the cable connection.

I called shaw tech.support and we did all kind of testing, with box connected directly to the modem (by-passing the router); no difference.
So they've scheduled technician to test it, they suspect it could be a modem itself. 

-- 
Joseph


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2013-09-10 19:11 ` Albert
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