Hide ps3 on a network?

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hey there, i live in uni halls and am restricted to one mac address in my room, this means i can only have my computer connected to the internet and my ps3 must be offline.

does anyone know if there is a way to hide my ps3's mac address so it appears only my pc is online?
 
Use a router. If you must use the same MAC as the one thats on the PC then get a router that allows you to change the WAN MAC address. Or if your PC has 2 NICs, simply use one to connect to your uni network, and the other to the PS3 and use internet connection sharing setup on the PC, with the PS3 using the PC as its gateway.
 
As above, use a router, one that lets you pick the MAC address would be best, like a WRT54GL + Tomato firmware
 
cant you connect the ps3 via ethernet into the laptop and the laptop connected to the wireless? (how i used to get my xbox to work via upstairs pc with usb dongle)
 
*shrug* it's directing traffic from one interface to another, that's routing in my book!
 
Well i dont think the router idea will work. I think it will act more as a switch as each device will need to pull a IP from the dhcp server on the uni end and as many dhcp servers record the MAC of the machine etc you could come stuck there. Also most uni's incorperate a login system of somesort. Even if it did work you would see 2 of the same macs appear which will be blocked i would guess.

Remeber guys a router connects networks to networks. This is attaching a device to a network so no routing is needed just basic switching at the out edge.

Bridging & Routing is slightly different. Bridging allows for static routing so traffic passed straight onto the network. While Routing can passtraffic on to other networks and devise the best route and many other features. Think as bridging as basic switching.
 
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matthab said:
Well i dont think the router idea will work. I think it will act more as a switch as each device will need to pull a IP from the dhcp server on the uni end and as many dhcp servers record the MAC of the machine etc you could come stuck there. Also most uni's incorperate a login system of somesort. Even if it did work you would see 2 of the same macs appear which will be blocked i would guess.

Remeber guys a router connects networks to networks. This is attaching a device to a network so no routing is needed just basic switching at the out edge.

Bridging & Routing is slightly different. Bridging allows for static routing so traffic passed straight onto the network. While Routing can passtraffic on to other networks and devise the best route and many other features. Think as bridging as basic switching.
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That post couldn't be more wrong if you had started talking about pink elephants and their use in networking.

If he sticks a router on the incoming connection from Uni, and sets the MAC address to be that of the PC he has registered with them, he can then NAT everything behind the router, essentially splitting the network into two.

If he has a completely seperate subnet (for argument's sake this would be his own LAN), and the "WAN" side being served from Uni's DHCP, then the Uni side will only ever see one connection, from one MAC, from one IP.

This will of course mean that he would need to spoof the MAC of his own PC, but most network cards these days allow that.
 
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