Multiple Device Usage At Uni Help Needed !

tolien · 14 Sep 2009 at 17:49

About the only way to do it is to buy a "cable" router (i.e. which doesn't have a modem built in) and connect the port on your wall to the "internet"/WAN port on the router.
At most, you'll have to tell the router to spoof the MAC address of your machine's network card (or whatever you used to connect to the internet already) but it's possible you won't even have to do that.

PistolPete said:
However, plugging it in the correct way around would not present such issues.

Well yeah, but the point caged was making is you have all sorts of people in halls, some of whom wouldn't know a router if you smacked them in the face with it.

InfernoUk · 14 Sep 2009 at 19:22

tolien said:
About the only way to do it is to buy a "cable" router (i.e. which doesn't have a modem built in) and connect the port on your wall to the "internet"/WAN port on the router.
At most, you'll have to tell the router to spoof the MAC address of your machine's network card (or whatever you used to connect to the internet already) but it's possible you won't even have to do that.

Well yeah, but the point caged was making is you have all sorts of people in halls, some of whom wouldn't know a router if you smacked them in the face with it.

ive looked on my home router and i can assign a mac address, so do i make that an xbox 360 syle address for example then tell the uni to allow access from that mac address and itll allow access for all things attatched for it? as they ask for mac addresses of items to allow them internet access through the security.

tolien · 14 Sep 2009 at 19:51

Yes, though it depends what they mean by "through the security".

InfernoUk · 14 Sep 2009 at 20:59

tolien said:
Yes, though it depends what they mean by "through the security".

its normally just a precidure for games consoles to allow open NAT no other checks etc, they dont ask you to do it for PC's just games consoles

InfernoUk · 16 Sep 2009 at 20:27

Hey guys i just got my buffalo air station router, if i set it up with auto ip addressing as a router then change its MAC address to that of an xbox style then connect my devices to it and disable the wireless so it dosent give off any signal then should i be ok? or is there anything else i need to do with it ?

InfernoUk · 16 Sep 2009 at 20:59

another important point i need an answer for, will the uni be able to see its a NAT using device and know there will be things hidden plugging into it ? if i change it to look like an xbox 360 with the network card can they still detect this as wouldnt it screw up the plan ?

thanks for the help