[Ubuntu] How would I change my ip/mac address?

Question

Hello.
I'm trying to use my laptop in school, and when I try to get online, it says I'm not allowed because I used a peer-to-peer program.
I used UTorrent to download Ubuntu while in school.
(Blender wont start in Windows. Works fine on Ubuntu)

So.. Is it possible to change my laptop's info to make my school's network think that my laptop is a new device? I'm thinking that it would be possible to do by changing the IP and MAC addresses of my laptop. But how do I do that?

I'm using Ubuntu BTW. For some reason, Windows won't load up. (Just gonna have to re-install it)

Answer 1

If the school IT people are reasonable, you can get the block listed. uTorrent is perfectly reasonable and legitimate way to get open-source software, and in fact Microsoft started using P2P to distribute software, too. (of course torrent mostly used to download illegal copies of movies, but the protocol itself is legal)



However, it's possible your school IT people are clueless, or they outsource everything to the school district so it would take days to sort it out.



Yes, it is possible to change MAC address in Linux. In fact, you can get DECnet for Linux and that's a requirement of the DECnet protocol (which probably no-one has used for the last 10 years).



sudo ifconfig eth0 hw ether xx:xx etc.

Answer 2

I would expect the laptop to get its IP address using DHCP, so it is probably only the MAC address that you need to worry about.



Does your network adapter support MAC cloning?



Does the currently installed Ubuntu driver for the network adapter provide a connection to allow MAC cloning? If not, is there a different driver that can access the MAC cloning feature in the adapter?



Is there an application to manage the MAC cloning?



Your final problem is deciding what MAC address you are going to use.



Really you should discuss the whole thing with the school's IT people. If anything goes wrong and you take the network down, the impact on you will be minimal if it was all done with their support.

Answer 3

Go into the properties of "My computer".

There on the first tab, find the TCP/IP Protoc.

Usually located on the bottom of the list.

Next, click on the sign, then on Properties.

There can change the IP-address of your computer.

And then check on http://whoer.net/

Answer 4

The IP address is allocated to you when you join the school's network so they are going to know it is you and what you are doing when you are on their network.

Answer 5

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Changing_Your_MAC_Address/Linux

Answer 6

New computer.